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Trimeresurus tibetanus (Tibetan Pit Viper)

Synonyms: Himalayophis tibetanus; Trimeresurus karanshahi

Wikipedia Abstract

Trimeresurus karanshahi is a venomous pit viper species described from central Nepal in the Himalayas. No subspecies are currently recognized.More recent work has found that this species is a synonym of Trimeresurus tibetanus, and the latter name has priority and is therefore the correct one to use
View Wikipedia Record: Trimeresurus tibetanus

Attributes

Venomous [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands Bhutan, India, Nepal Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0