🐍Protobothrops flavoviridis
Protobothrops flavoviridis, also known commonly as the Okinawa habu is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. No subspecies are recognized as being valid. Local common names include habu and Kume Shima habu. The term "habu" in Okinawa Prefecture can also refer to the Sakishima habu alternately called the elegant pit viper.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 6.66 kg
- Body length
- 2.4 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Protobothrops flavoviridis
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass6.66 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2.4 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousYesReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l6.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Protobothrops flavoviridis yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyViperidae
- ›genusProtobothrops
- ›speciesProtobothrops flavoviridis
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusProtobothrops
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusProtobothrops
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