Trimeresurus flavomaculatus Species of snake
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Viperidae
Genus:
Trimeresurus
Species:
T. flavomaculatus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Synonyms
Megaera flavomaculatus Gray, 1842 Megaera ornata Gray, 1842 Megaera variegata Gray, 1842 Parias flavomaculatus – Gray, 1849 Parias ornata – Gray, 1849 Parias variegata – Gray, 1849 Trimeresurus flavomaculatus – Günther , 1879 Trimeresurus Schadenbergi Fischer, 1885 Lachesis flavomaculatus – Boulenger , 1896 Trimeresurus flavomaculatus flavomaculatus – Leviton, 1961 [ 2] Parias flavomaculatus – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Parias) flavomaculatus – David et al., 2011 [ 3]
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus Philippine pit viper )[ 4] venomous pit viper species endemic to the Philippines . Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[ 5]
Description
According to Leviton (1964), the scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170–178/175–184 ventral scales in males/females, 62–71/58–63 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–11 supralabial scales of which the 3rd is the largest. Toriba and Sawai (1990) give 167–179/172–184 ventral scales in males/females, 56–70/53–63 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–10/9–12 supralabial scales in males/females.[ 4]
Geographic range
Found on the Philippine islands of Agutayan, Batan , Camiguin , Catanduanes , Dinagat , Jolo , Leyte , Luzon , Mindanao , Mindoro , Negros , Panay and Polillo . The type locality given is "Philippine Islands". Leviton (1964) proposed that this be restricted to "Luzon Island".[ 2]
Subspecies
Subspecies[ 5]
Taxon author[ 5]
Common name
Geographic range
T. f. flavomaculatus
(Gray , 1842)
Philippine pit viper[ 4]
Philippine islands of Agutayan, Bohol , Camiguin , Catanduanes , Dinagat , Jolo , Leyte , Luzon , Mindanao , Mindoro , Negros and Panay .[ 4]
T. f. halieus Griffin, 1910
The Philippines on the island of Polillo.[ 2]
Taxonomy
Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegates T. f. halieus to synonymy and elevates T. f. mcgregori [ 4]
References
^ Brown, R.; Sy, E.; Reizl Jose, Juan Carlos Gonzales, Rico, E.; Ledesma, M. (2009). "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009 : e.T169885A6686236. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169885A6686236.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021 . {{cite journal }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA , Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1 . Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ a b c d e Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL , Captain A , Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pit vipers . GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4 .
^ a b c "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus " . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 3 August 2007 .
Further reading
Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of Rattle-Snakes, or Family of CROTALIDAE . Zoological Miscellany 2 : 47–51. ("Magæra flavomaculatus" , p. 49.)Leviton, A.E. 1964. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, V. The snakes of the genus Trimeresurus . Philippine Journal of Science 93 : 251–276.
External links
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