In China, there are about 37 species of vipers belonging to 12 genera in the family Viperidae. In the Herpetological Museum of the Chengdu Institute of Biology(CIB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the type specimens o...In China, there are about 37 species of vipers belonging to 12 genera in the family Viperidae. In the Herpetological Museum of the Chengdu Institute of Biology(CIB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the type specimens of snakes represent seven species in four genera. As a series of reports on the type specimens of Amphibians and Reptilies deposited in the Herpetological Museum of CIB, this paper focuses on the venomous snake family Viperidae in the collections at this Museum.展开更多
A teratological specimen of Meristoides grandipennis ( Fairmair, 1859), from Sichuan, China is described here. Many photographs, detail descriptions and data of the teratoIogical specimen are given in this paper.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC31372152)the Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department(13TD0027) to PG
文摘In China, there are about 37 species of vipers belonging to 12 genera in the family Viperidae. In the Herpetological Museum of the Chengdu Institute of Biology(CIB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the type specimens of snakes represent seven species in four genera. As a series of reports on the type specimens of Amphibians and Reptilies deposited in the Herpetological Museum of CIB, this paper focuses on the venomous snake family Viperidae in the collections at this Museum.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(07ZA122)
文摘A teratological specimen of Meristoides grandipennis ( Fairmair, 1859), from Sichuan, China is described here. Many photographs, detail descriptions and data of the teratoIogical specimen are given in this paper.