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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species has been recorded from Medog County, Xizang (= Tibet) Autonomous Region, China and northern Myanmar (Zhao 2006). It has been found between 1,015 and 1,066 m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
China (Tibet [or Xizang]); Myanmar
Additional data:
? Number of Locations: 2
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 1015
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 1066
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Population [top]
Population: This species is known only from a single record in Myanmar and several specimens from Xizang (= Tibet). It is either a rare species or surveys have not located its proper habitat in northern Myanmar (G. Zug pers. comm.). It has been described as rare (Leviton et al. 2003).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The type specimen from Myanmar was found at an elevation of 1,015 m above sea level. Leviton et al. (2003) state that the area in which the type specimen was collected was in the transition zone between temperate forest and alpine shrub and meadow. The Tibet specimens were found in open grassland at an elevation of 1,066 m above sea level (Rao and Zhao 2005). It is an oviparous species, laying 6-32 eggs. There is no information on diet (Zhao 2006).
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: There are no reports of this species being utilized.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The impact of threats to this species are not well understood, given the limited number of specimens from which this species is known.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is found in a protected area in China. No conservation actions are currently known for this species. More information is needed on this species taxonomy, population status, natural history and threats.
Citation: Guo, P., Li, P. & Rao, D.-q. 2012. Protobothrops kaulbacki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T178685A1541636. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178685A1541636.en. Downloaded on 21 November 2016.
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