Gloydius swild

Gloydius swild
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Gloydius
Species:	G. swild
Binomial name
	Gloydius swild Shi & Malhotra, 2021

Gloydius swild, the glacier pit viper, is a species of Asian moccasin from China.^[1]^[2] Like all pit vipers, it is venomous.^[3]

Description

The glacier pit viper can be distinguished from other Asian moccasins by its striped markings as well as its dark zig-zagged marks along its back on its brown-grey or blue-grey base colouring, all on matte scales.^[4] It also has a triangular head, common for asian moccasins.^[1]

The specific name references the research group that discovered it (Southwest Wild, or "swild").^[1]

Reproduction

The glacier pit viper is viviparous. The neonates are reported to be around 3.2 grams after their first shedding.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^dShi, Jing-Song; Liu, Jin-Cheng; Giri, Rohit; Owens, John Benjamin; Santra, Vishal; Kuttalam, Sourish; Selvan, Melvin; Guo, Ke-Ji; Malhotra, Anita (2021-10-04). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China". ZooKeys (1061): 87–108. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1061...87S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8505391. PMID 34707454.
^"Gloydius swild Shi & Malhotra, 2021". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
^"Gloydius swild". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
^REN, J.; HUANG, J.; WU, W.; JIANG, K.; LI, J. (2025). "One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex". Science. 2095: 357.

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[:0-1] Shi, Jing-Song; Liu, Jin-Cheng; Giri, Rohit; Owens, John Benjamin; Santra, Vishal; Kuttalam, Sourish; Selvan, Melvin; Guo, Ke-Ji; Malhotra, Anita (2021-10-04). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China". ZooKeys (1061): 87–108. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1061...87S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8505391. PMID 34707454.

[cat-2] "Gloydius swild Shi & Malhotra, 2021". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[3] "Gloydius swild". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-03-08.

[4] REN, J.; HUANG, J.; WU, W.; JIANG, K.; LI, J. (2025). "One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex". Science. 2095: 357.

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