Gloydius tsushimaensis

Gloydius tsushimaensis, or the Tsushima Island pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Tsushima Island in Japan.[2]

Gloydius tsushimaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Gloydius
Species:
G. tsushimaensis
Binomial name
Gloydius tsushimaensis
(Isogawa, Moriya & Mitsui, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Agkistrodon tsushimaensis
    Isogawa, Moriya & Mitsui, 1994[1]
  • Gloydius tsushimaensis
    Gumprecht et al., 2004[2]

References

  1. Isogawa K, Moriya A, Mitsui S (1994). "A new snake from the genus Agkistrodon (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture". Japapanese J. Herpetol. 15: 101-111.
  2. Gloydius tsushimaensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 February 2015.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. "Gloydius ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 October 2006.


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