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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.
Japanese mamushi Japan. G. brevicauda (Stejneger, 1907) 0 Short-tailed mamushi North Korea, South Korea, and China. G. caraganus (Eichwald, 1831) 0 Karaganda pitviper
Juveniles have brown-stripe pattern that may be mimesis of the venomous mamushi. An albino form is known, with specimens especially numerous near Iwakuni, where they are called "Iwakuni white snakes" and revered as messengers of deities and deity-guardians of mountains and rivers. The albino population was protected in 1924 as a "national ...
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Adults are relatively stout with a broad head and a short tail. (The subspecific name, brevicaudus, is Latin for "short tail".). The largest male examined by Gloyd and Conant (1990) was 71 cm (28 in) in total length of which the tail was 9 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in); the largest female, 69 cm (27 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) with an 8.2 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) tail.
Short-tailed mamushi 살모사 Throughout mainland; not found on Jeju Gloydius saxatilis [7] Emelianov Rock mamushi 까치살모사 In the higher reaches of the Taebaek and Sobaek Mountains Gloydius ussuriensis [8] Emelianov Ussuri mamushi 쇠살모사 Throughout Hebius vibakari ruthveni [9] Van Denburgh Asian keelback or Japanese keelback
Synonyms; Trigonocephalus intermedius – Strauch, 1868 (part); Trigonocephalus intermedius – Strauch, 1873 (part); Ancistrodon intermedius – Boulenger, 1896 (part) Agkistrodon blomhoffii intermedius
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.