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GBIF·2444545speciesAnimalia1,091 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyViperidae
  5. ›genusGloydius
Gloydius brevicauda
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Short-tailed Pit Viper

Gloydius brevicauda (Stejneger, 1907)

Also calledKorthalet Mamushi (dan) · Kurzschwanz-Mamushi (deu) · Mamushi de cola corta (spa) · タンビマムシ (jpn) · 短尾蝮 (zho) · 살모사 (kor)

First described in: Stejneger, Leonhard H. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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In the stacks

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2444545.