Kaulback’s Lance-Headed Pit Viper - Protobothrops Kaulbacki
Kaulback’s Lance Headed Pit Viper is new species of pit viper found from North East India,Currently found at single location at Dafla Hills in Papum Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh. The Kaulback’s pit viper is not a true viper but it is a venomous pit viper species. Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Suborder Serpentes Family Viperidae Subfamily Crotalinae Genus Protobothrops Scientific Name Protobothrops kaulbacki Scalation: Head: Snout 3 times long than eye diameter; rostral trapeziform, visible from above; internasals large; in contact with each other or separated by 1-2 scales; 2 enlarged scales between internasal and supraocular; upper head scales unequal; smooth; scarcely imbricate; supralabial 8; first completely separated from nasal; second forms anterior border of pit; scales between third supralabial and subocular 1-3; single or no series of scales between supralabials and subocular; supraocular large, flat...