Title

Redescription And Systematics Of Trimeresurus Cornutus (Serpentes: Viperidae) Based On Morphology And Molecular Data

Keywords

Distribution; Habitat; Hemipenial morphology; Molecular systematics; Protobothrops; Redescription; Serpentes; Trimeresurus cornutus; Vietnam; Viperidae

Abstract

We redescribe Trimeresurus cornutus, a species that has not been reported for more than half a century, based on a recently collected live specimen from the Annamite Mountains of Central Vietnam. Besides new data on the distribution and habitat, we compare coloration and morphological data of the first known male of the species with the type specimen and a third known specimen from North Vietnam. We describe male genital morphology and analyze the systematic relationships of the species using external morphology, hemipenial morphology and molecular data. A phylogenetic hypothesis, based on four mitochondrial genes, suggests that the species is most closely related to Protobothrops jerdonii. The external morphology and hemipenial morphology are consistent with this placement. Based on the few specimens available, Protobothrops cornutus comb. nov. exhibits a very patchy distribution, with an altitudinal range reaching from 150-2000 m.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Herpetologica

Volume

60

Issue

2

Number of Pages

211-221

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1655/03-37

Socpus ID

2442436766 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/2442436766

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS