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    Species Accepted

    Protobothrops elegans (Gray, 1849)

    Elegant Tree Viper

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Elegant Tree Viper English
      Elegant pitviper English
      Sakishima Habu English
      Sakishima-Habu-Grubenotter German
      Sakishima-Habuschlange German
      trwożnica wytworna Polish
      サキシマハブ Japanese
      琉球原矛頭蝮 Chinese

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      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Citation

      Protobothrops elegans (Gray, 1849) in undefined