Gloydius intermedius

Taxobox
name = "Gloydius intermedius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Gloydius"
species = "G. intermedius"
binomial = "Gloydius intermedius"
binomial_authority = (Strauch, 1868)
synonyms = * "Trigonocephalus halys" - Ménétries, 1832
* "Trigonocephalus blomhoffii" - Maack, 1859
* "Trigonocephalus affinis" - Günther, 1860
* "Trigonocephalus intermedius" - Strauch, 1868
* "Halys intermedius" - Peters, 1877
* "Ancistrodon intermedius" - Boulenger, 1896
* "Agkistrodon blomhoffii intermedius" - Stejneger, 1907
* "Ancistrodon blomhoffii intermedius" - Despax, 1913
* "Ancistrodon halys intermedius" - Nikolski, 1916
* "Agkistrodon halys intermedius" - Stejneger, 1925
* "Ankistrodon halys intermedius" - Pavloff, 1926
* "Agkistrodon intermedius" - Werner, 1929
* "Ancistrodon halys intermedius viridis" - Pavloff, 1932 (Nomen illegitimum)
* "Gloydius halys intermedius" - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
* "Agkistrodon intermedius intermedius" - Gloyd & Conant, 1982
* "Gloydius intermedius" - Kraus, Mink & Brown, 1996McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: Central Asian pit viper, intermediate mamushi, Mongolian pit viper,Gloyd HK, Conant R. 1990. Snakes of the "Agkistrodon" Complex: A Monographic Review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. ISBN 0-916984-20-6.] more.""Gloydius intermedius" is a venomous pitviper species found in northern Asia. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.ITIS|ID=634887|taxon="Gloydius intermedius"|year=2008|date=8 August]

Description

Gloyd and Conant (1990) report examining subadults and adults that were 33.5-71 cm in total length. Nikolsky (1916) mentioned that some individuals may reach to as much as 78 cm in length. The body is relatively stout and the snout is not upturned.

The scalation includes 23 rows of dorsal scales at modbody, 149-165 ventral scales, 32-48 subcaudal scales and 7 supralabial scales.

The color pattern is variable, but generally consists of 28-45 dark subquadrate dorsal blotches or crossbands that usually extend down the flanks as far as the first or second scale rows. Between these blotches are irregular light areas. A dark brown to black postorbital stripe is present, extending from the eye back to the angle of the jaw, outline above by a light line and cream-colored supralabial scales below.

Common names

Central Asian pit viper, intermediate mamushi, Mongolian pit viper, Central Asian pitviper.Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.]

Geographic range

Found in southeastern Azerbaijan, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, southern Russia, northwestern China and Mongolia. The type locality given by Stejneger (1907) is "Governm. Irkutsk, East Siberia." Golay "et al." (1993) give "Yesso (= Esso) Island, banks of Amur River and Khinggan (= Hinggan Ling) Mountain Range."

ubspecies

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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