Garthius
Sign in to saveGarthius chaseni, commonly known as '''Chasen's mountain pit viper, Chasen's tree viper, and the Kinabalu brown pit viper, is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo in Malaysia. No subspecies are currently recognized. It is monotypic in the genus Garthius'''.
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Garthius chaseni, commonly known as '''Chasen's mountain pit viper, Chasen's tree viper, and the Kinabalu brown pit viper, is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo in Malaysia. No subspecies are currently recognized. It is monotypic in the genus Garthius'.
==Etymology== The generic name, Garthius, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Underwood.