Tokara habu


The Tokara habu is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Tokara Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Description

Scalation includes 31 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales, and 8 supralabial scales.

Geographic range

Found in Japan on the islands of Takara-jima and Kotakara-jima. According to Golay et al., the type locality is "Takara-jima, province of Kagoshima, Ryukyu Islands".