A New Species of the Genus Protobothrops(Squamata: Viperidae) from Southern Tibet, China and Sikkim, India  

作　　者：Hujun PAN Basundhara CHETTRI Daode YANG Ke JIANG Kai WANG Liang ZHANG Gernot VOGEL 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Wildlife Conservation,Central South University of Forestry and Technology [2]Guangdong Entomological Institute [3]South China Institute of Endangered Animals [4]School of Policy Planning and Studies,Sikkim University [5]State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals,Kunming Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences [6]Washington State University [7]Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology

出　　处：《Asian Herpetological Research》2013年第2期109-115,共7页亚洲两栖爬行动物研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program;2007CB411600);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST; Grant 2011FY120200);the Capability Support Project for Nature Reserve (Finance-Agri [2008] 297);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31090250, 31071946);the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-YW-Z-0807, KSCX2-EW-Z-2);the Bureau of Science and Technology of Yunnan, China

摘　　要：A new species of the genus Protobothrops Hoge ＆ Romano-Hoge, 1983, was described from Jilong County, southern Tibet, China, and Chungthang, northern Sikkim, India. It differs from congeners by the following characters： 1） relatively large body size （total length up to 1510 mm）; 2） dorsal scale rows 25-25-19; 3） except for the smooth outermost row, dorsal scales are weakly keeled; 4） relatively high number of ventral （198-216） and subcaudal （65-76 pairs） scales; 5） 7-8 supralabials; 6） 11 to 13 infralabials; 7） dorsal head uniform dark brown, laterally a reddish-brown obscure postocular streak; 8） dorsum of trtmk and tail olive, with distinct black edged red brown transverse bands across the body and tail; and 9） eye from bright brown and reddish brown to mildly brown. The new species was also observed from the Haa Valley in western Bhutan.A new species of the genus Protobothrops Hoge ＆ Romano-Hoge, 1983, was described from Jilong County, southern Tibet, China, and Chungthang, northern Sikkim, India. It differs from congeners by the following characters： 1） relatively large body size （total length up to 1510 mm）; 2） dorsal scale rows 25-25-19; 3） except for the smooth outermost row, dorsal scales are weakly keeled; 4） relatively high number of ventral （198-216） and subcaudal （65-76 pairs） scales; 5） 7-8 supralabials; 6） 11 to 13 infralabials; 7） dorsal head uniform dark brown, laterally a reddish-brown obscure postocular streak; 8） dorsum of trtmk and tail olive, with distinct black edged red brown transverse bands across the body and tail; and 9） eye from bright brown and reddish brown to mildly brown. The new species was also observed from the Haa Valley in western Bhutan.

关 键 词：new species Protobothrops VIPERIDAE SQUAMATA Himalayan region 

分 类 号：Q959[生物学—动物学]