Gloydius ussuriensis

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• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Agkistrodon blomhoffi intermedius Welch 1994: 11 • Agkistrodon blomhoffi ussuriensis Trutnau 2002 • Agkistrodon caliginosus Gloyd 1972 • Agkistrodon caliginosus Welch 1994: 11 • Agkistrodon halys ussuriensis Klemmer 1963: 400 • Agkistrodon halys ussuriensis Harding & Welch 1980 • Agkistrodon ussuriensis Toriba 1986 • Ancistrodon blomhoffi ussuriensis Emelianov 1929: 123 • Campbell & Tour 1999: 309 • Gloydius caliginosus Hoge & Romano-Hoge 1981: 195 • Gloydius ussuriensis Gumprecht Et Al. 2004 • Gloydius ussuriensis Kraus Mink & Brown 1996 • Gloydius ussuriensis Mcdiarmid • Gloydius ussurriensis Zhou Et Al. 2001 • Gloydius ussurriensis [sic] Zhou Et Al. 2001

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Venomous! Synonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm. )

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gloydius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. blomhoffi (Mamushi) · G. blomhoffii (Mamushi) · G. blomhoffii blomhoffii (Mamushi) · G. blomhoffi blomhoffi (Mamushi) · G. halys (Halys Pit Viper (Halys) · G. halys halys (Halys Pit Viper (Halys) · G. himalayanus (Himalayan Pitviper) · G. intermedius (Central Asian Pitviper) · G. monticola (Likiang Pitviper) · G. saxatilis (Rock Mamushi) · G. shedaoensis (Shedao Island Pitviper) · G. strauchi (Strauch?s Pitviper) · G. tsushimaensis (E; Tsushima Island Pitviper) · G. ussuriensis (Ussuri Mamushi)

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Further Reading

• Chen, Y.; Zhang, D.; Jiang, K. & Wang, Z. 1992. Evaluation of Snake Venoms among Agkistrodon Species in China. Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 58-61
• Chernov (1934) Acad. Nauk USSR (Leningrad), new ser. Comptes Rendus (Doklady): 350-356
• Chernov, S.A. 1934. On the systematics and distribution of Agkistrodon (Ophidia) in the Soviet Union [in Russian]. Acad. Nauk USSR (Leningrad), new ser. Comptes Rendus (Doklady): 350-356
• Emelianov (1929) Mem. Vladivostok Sect. Russian State Geogr. Soc. 3: 1-208
• Emelianov (1929) Zap. Vladivostok Otd. Russ. Geog. Obso., 20: 123
• Emelianov 1929. Snakes of the Far Eastern District [In Russian]. Mem. Vladivostok Sect. Russian State Geogr. Soc. 3: 1-208
• Emelianov, A.A. 1929. Zap. Vladivostok Otd. Russ. Geog. Obso., 20: 123
• Gloyd (1972) Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 85 (49): 557-578
• Gloyd, H. K. 1972. The Korean snakes of the genus Agkistrodon (Crotalidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 85 (49): 557-578
• Gumprecht et al. (2004) Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
• Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004. Asian pitvipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
• Guo, P.; Zhang, F.J. & Chen, Y.Y. 1999. The Hemipenes of Chinese Species of Deinagkistrodon and Gloydius (Serpentes: Crotaiinae). Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 38-42
• Hoge & ROMANO-Hoge 1981. Poisonous snakes of the world. Part I. Check list of the pit vipers, Viperoidea, Viperidae, Crotalinae. Mem. Inst. Butantan 42/43 [1978-1979]: 179-309
• Hoge (1981) Mem. Inst. Butantan 42/43 [1978-1979]: 179-309
• Kharin V E 2011. Annotated catalogue of amphibians and reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of the Far-Eastern Marine Biosphere FEB RAS. Biodiversity and Environment of Far East Reserves, Vladivostok, DVMBGPZ DVO RAN 2011 (1): 30-48
• Klemmer (1963) Behringwerk-Mitteilungen, spec. Suppl., Marburg.
• Klemmer,K. 1963. Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen. Elapidae, Hydropheidae [sic], Viperidae und Crotalidae. In: Die Giftschlangen der Erde. Behringwerk-Mitteilungen, spec. Suppl., Marburg.
• Kraus et al. (1996) Copeia 1996 (4): 763-773
• Kraus, Fred; Mink, Daniel G. & Brown, Wesley M. 1996. Crotaline intergeneric relationships based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Copeia 1996 (4): 763-773
• McDiarmid et al. (1999) Snake species of the world, v.1.
• McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Tour 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. The Herpetologists' League. Washington, D.C., USA. xi + 511. ISBN: 1-893777-01-4.
• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Tour,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists League, 511 pp.
• Parkinson (1999) Copeia 1999 (3): 576-586
• Parkinson,C.L. 1999. Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of pitvipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Copeia 1999 (3): 576-586
• Toriba (1986) Acta Herpetol. Sinica 5: 61-62
• Toriba (1988) The Snake 20 (1): 30-39
• Toriba, M. 1986. The classification of the genus Agkistrodon with 21 scale rows in Eastern Asia. Acta Herpetol. Sinica 5: 61-62
• Toriba, M. 1988. Taxonomic status of Agkistrodon caliginosus GLOYD and A. blomhoffi ussuriensis (EMELIANOV). The Snake 20 (1): 30-39
• Trutnau (2002) Herpetofauna 24 (137): 5-12
• Trutnau, L. 2002. Einiges ber die Biologie und Terrarienhaltung der Ussuri-Mamushi Agkistrodon blomhoffi ussuriensis (EMELIANOV 1929). Herpetofauna 24 (137): 5-12
• Yosida, T.H.; Toriba M. 1986. Chromosome evolution and speciation of reptiles. II. A comparative study on karyotypes of the Chinese mamushi (A. blomhoffii brevicaudus) and the Ussuri mamushi (A. ussuriensis). Proc. Jap. Acad. 62B:17-20
• Zhao & Adler (1993) Herpetology of China.
• Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522
• Zhou et al. (2001) Acta Zool. Sinica 47 (4): 361-366
• Zhou, Ji-Liang; Zhang, Ya-Ping; Huang, Mei-Hua; Chen, Yong-Jiu; Chen, Xiao-Qing and Yao, Geng-Dong 2001. Phylogenetic relationships among crotalinae based on mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequence variations [in Chinese]. Acta Zool. Sinica 47 (4): 361-366

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3181
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 634892
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133468

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