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Protobothrops tokarensis (Tokaren pitviper; Tokara Habu)

Synonyms: Trimeresurus flavoviridis tokarensis; Trimeresurus tokarensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Trimeresurus tokarensis is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Tokara Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Protobothrops tokarensis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Protobothrops tokarensis

Attributes

Gestation [1]  42 days
Litter Size [1]  7
Maximum Longevity [1]  25 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests Japan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
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