Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Himalayophis
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Himalayan Pitvipers
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Himalaya-Ottern
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Himalaya-grubehugorme
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Himalayophis Malhotra & Thorpe (type species: Trimeresurus tibetanus Huang 1982) |
Contents:
2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
The species of this genus were previously assigned to
Trimeresurus.
Distribution:
India
(Arunachal Pradesh),
China
(Tibet),
Nepal.
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Himalayophis arunachalensis
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Ramda Pitviper
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Ramda-Bambusotter
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Ramda-træhugorm
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2019 | |
Trimeresurus arunachalensis Captain, Deepak, Pandit, Bhatt & Athreya |
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Himalayophis arunachalensis Wang, Ren, Chen, Lyu, Guo, Jiang, Chen, Li, Guo, Wang & Che 2020 |
Remarks:
Reported from China by Wang, Ren, Chen, Lyu, Guo, Jiang, Chen, Li, Guo, Wang & Che (2020), but the species has not actually been recorded from any Chinese-controlled areas.
The inclusion of arunachalensis in the work above is based on the fact that the distribution of the species is located in the part of Arunachal Pradesh, India, which is claimed by China
and considered part of Tibet by the Chinese government (Kai Wang, pers. comm., January 6th, 2021).
Distribution:
India
(Arunachal Pradesh).
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Himalayophis tibetanus
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Tibetan Bamboo Pitviper
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Tibet-Bambusotter, Tibet-Grubenotter
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Tibetansk Bambushugorm
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1982 | |
Trimeresurus tibetanus Huang |
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Himalayophis tibetanus Malhotra & Thorpe 2004 |
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1998 | |
Trimeresurus karanshahi Orlov & Helfenberger (Tillack, Lorenz, Orlov, Helfenberger, Shah & Eckert 2003) |
Distribution:
China
(Tibet),
Nepal.
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