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 | |
References
- 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.
- Gloydius tsushimaensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 February 2015.
- 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).
- "Gloydius ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
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