Protobothrops
Protobothrops is a genus of pit vipers found in Asia. It is also known as the lance headed pit vipers.
The venom of Protobothrops can be diverse and unique across individual organisms of the same and differing species and has demonstrated the ability to evolve in an accelerated manner. One possible explanation for these traits is that the habitat in which Protobothrops reside contains a large variety of prey which may have prompted the diversification of the venom related genes.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Brown spotted pitviper
speciesProtobothrops mucrosquamatus
Habu
speciesProtobothrops flavoviridis
Jerdon's Pitviper
speciesProtobothrops jerdonii
Elegant pitviper
speciesProtobothrops elegans
Mang Mountain Pitviper
speciesProtobothrops mangshanensis
fi-si-pan horned pit viper
speciesProtobothrops cornutus
Mao-lan pitviper
speciesProtobothrops maolanensis
Tokara Habu
speciesProtobothrops tokarensis
Three horned-scaled pitviper
speciesProtobothrops sieversorum
Himalayan Pitviper
speciesProtobothrops himalayanus
Omkoi Lance-headed Pit Viper
speciesProtobothrops kelomohy
Kaulback's Lance-headed Pitviper
speciesProtobothrops kaulbacki
Trungkhanh Pitviper
speciesProtobothrops trungkhanhensis
Protobothrops dabieshanensis
speciesProtobothrops dabieshanensis
Sichuan Lancehead
speciesProtobothrops xiangchengensis
Vang Vieng lance-headed pit viper
speciesProtobothrops flavirostris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30994.