Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelasGumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. . is a venomous pit viper subspecies endemic to China.
Description Adults may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long.Günther. 1889. p. 222.
The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 176-188 ventral scales, 54-67 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.
Geographic range Found in Central and southern China, in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Guangxi. The type locality given is "Ichang" (=Yichang Shi, Hubei, China).
See also List of crotaline species and subspecies Snakebite
References
Further reading Günther, A. 1889. Third Contribution to our Knowledge of Reptiles and Fishes from the Upper Yangtsze-Kiang. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series, 4 (21): 218–229. (Trimeresurus xanthomelas, pp. 219, 221–222).
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