Protobothrops is a genus of found in Asia..
The venom of Protobothrops can be diverse and unique across individual organisms of the same and differing species and has demonstrated the ability to evolve in an accelerated manner. One possible explanation for these traits is that the habitat in which Protobothrops reside contains a large variety of prey which may have prompted the diversification of the venom related .
| Vietnam and Southern China. | ||
| China | ||
| Ryukyu Islands, specifically the Yaeyama Islands. | ||
| Protobothrops flavirostris Grassby-Lewis, Brakels, Maury, Sitthivong, Frohlich, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Nguyen & Poyarkov, 2025 | Vang Vieng District, Vientiane Province, Laos | |
| Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa Island and the Amami Islands. | ||
| China (southern Tibet), Nepal, Bhutan, India (Sikkim) | ||
| India, Nepal, Myanmar, China, and Vietnam. | ||
| Myanmar, China | ||
| Northern Thailand | ||
| China (Guangdong, Hunan) | ||
| China (Guizhou) | ||
| India (Assam and Mizoram) and Bangladesh, to Myanmar, China (including Hainan, and as far north as Gansu and as far east as Zhejiang), Laos, northern and central Vietnam, also found in northern Thailand as well as in Taiwan | ||
| Vietnam | ||
| Kagoshima, Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands | ||
| Vietnam, China | ||
| China (Yunnan, Sichuan) | ||
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Protobothrops.
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