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So it is a tradition for me to do a Chinese Lunar New Year🏮, 2025 is the year of Snakes🐍 Sibbie looks lopsided…. but drawing snakes is a fun experience with Sibbie feeding some freshly steamed buns♨️
Pythor from Lego Ninjago
Squamigera Lamia
One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the G. strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex
Jinlong REN, Junjie HUANG, Wei WU, Ke JIANG, Jiatang LI
Abstract
The Hengduan Mountains Region (HMR) in China, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, has garnered attention for its potential to harbor cryptic species within the Asian pit viper genus Gloydius Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981. Based on comprehensive morphological comparisons and molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Gloydius strauchi complex, this study identified a previously unrecognized species of Asian pit viper. Discovered in the upper Lancang (Mekong) hot dry valley of Xizang, China, this species is geographically proximate to G. huangi but exhibits clear morphological distinctions from other members of the genus, representing the second Gloydius species identified along the upper Lancang River. We describe here this new species and highlight the significance of skull and hemipenis morphology, which were instrumental in its diagnosis and in resolving taxonomic boundaries and ambiguities within the G. strauchi complex. This study provides insights into the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of this newly described species, enhancing our understanding of diversification patterns in this genus.
Read the paper here:
One Mountain, Two Tigers: A New Species of <italic>Gloydius</italic> (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Upper Lancang Valley in Xizang, China, with Comments on the Diagnostic Characters and Evolution of the <italic>G</italic>. <italic>strauchi</italic> (Bedriaga, 1912) Species Complex
Here’s a lil snake I made to keep you company during these trying times (TikTok getting shut down🕊️)
What should his name be??
Ello, I am lemon the snake here to cultivate whatever i need and want :} I'm pretty new here so please becareful and don't step on snake!!
The ramen noodle says hi 👋
I realized that tumblr needs to meet my child
Meet Caution Ramen
@askthatoneanacondraikaiguy kinda went ham
These guys are beautiful. Every time I see pictures of them I have to wonder if they’ve been touched up in some way; the colour variation is so unusual.
(Atheris squamigera) variable bush viper
my best freinds snake, SUNNY!!!
give him loves pls! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ btw it says distinguished gentlemen not disgusting, sorry for the bad writing lol
so uh another snake!!
they r so funky, i love them so much!!
um also one of my friends colored it with color pencil then i did pen
My perfect thick idiot son, Calvin, who has never done anything wrong in his entire life except today when I let him climb my young redbud tree and he went to the highest branch and wedged himself in the crook of it and wouldn't budge and he's so big I was afraid that he might break the branch so I had to get a stepladder and get him down while the neighborhood jays that come by for peanuts whenever they see me in the yard freaked out and sat screaming on the fence to warn me that there's a snake very near me because I'm obviously too stupid to see it and clearly in mortal peril.
I was commissioned to create the guild crest for some friends of mine a while back, and I'm super proud of the results! I honestly think I really outdid myself with this one. <3
This is my Sethrak Drifter, Najash. They're my non-binary Ex-Faithless who ran from their problems to travel the world, I have enjoyed roleplaying this character immensely since I made them!
Some random Glass animals quote art I regret.
These aren't...great but here's some danger noodle doodles!
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Layout : Ly-Boo
