Tokara habu
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Protobothrops tokarensis

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

Appearance

Scalation includes 31 (31-33) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales, and 8 (7-9) supralabial scales.

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Found in Japan on the islands of Takara-jima and Kotakara-jima. According to Golay et al. (1993), the type locality is "Takara-jima, province of Kagoshima, Ryukyu Islands".

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References

1. Tokara habu Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokara_habu
2. Tokara habu on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96265537/96265559

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