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Trimeresurus (pitviper)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Trimeresurus was named by Lacépède (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Crotalinae by Holman and Tanimoto (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Trimeresurus Lacépède
2004Trimeresurus Holman and Tanimoto p. 4 figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
genusTrimeresurusLacépède 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Trimeresurus Lacépède 1804 [pitviper]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Gifu) Trimeresurus sp. (46950)