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Gloydius blomhoffii, commonly known as the mamushi, [3] Japanese moccasin, Japanese pit viper, Qichun snake, Salmusa or Japanese mamushi, [4] is a pit viper species found in Japan. It was once considered to have 4 subspecies, but it is now considered monotypic.
Due to the strong morphological similarity, these snakes were classified in the genus Agkistrodon until very recently. However, by 1999 cladistic studies clearly showed that Agkistrodon did not form a clade (indeed, it was not even paraphyletic ) and was thus split into several genera .
Amur rat snake, Korean rat snake, Russian rat snake 먹구렁이 or 흑질백장 when black, 황구렁이 when brown/yellow Common throughout mainland; not found on Jeju Elaphe taeniura taeniura [5] Cope Korean beauty snake 줄꼬리뱀 Found only in North Korea Gloydius brevicauda [6] Stejneger, 1907 Short-tailed mamushi 살모사
Gloydius ussuriensis is a venomous pitviper species endemic to far east Russia, northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula. No subspecies are currently recognized. [2] Common names:Ussuri pit viper, Ussuri mamushi. [3]
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
The species is also known as kufah. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This snake is sometimes referred to as Niibuyaa ( ニーブヤー ) in the Okinawan language . It is also called Mamushi, but only in Amami language , whereas Mamushi is the common name for the unrelated species Gloydius blomhoffii .
Gloyd and Conant (1990) reported examining subadults and adults of G. intermedius that were 33.5–71 cm (13.2–28.0 in) in total length. Nikolsky (1916) mentioned that some individuals may reach as much as 78 cm (30.5 in) in total length.
This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, [1] otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers, or pitvipers, and including rattlesnakes Crotalus and Sistrurus. This list follows the taxonomy as of 2007 provided by ITIS, which was based on the continuing work of Dr. Roy McDiarmid.