Trimeresurus schultzei

Schultze's pit viper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Trimeresurus
Species: T. schultzei
Binomial name
Trimeresurus schultzei
Griffin, 1909
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus schultzei
    Griffin, 1909[2]
  • Parias schultzei
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Parias) schultzei – David et al., 2011[3]
Common names: Schultze's pitviper.[4]

Trimeresurus schultzei is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Philippines. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]

Etymology

The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of "Mr. W. Schultze" who collected the type specimen.

Description

Scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 185-194/192-203 ventral scales in males/females, 67-78/66-75 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales.[4]

Geographic range

Found in the Philippines on the islands on Palawan and Balabac. The type locality given is "Iwahig, Palawn" (Palawan Island, Philippines).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/169843/0
  2. 1 2 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).
  3. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  5. ↑ "Trimeresurus schultzei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.

Further reading

  • Griffin. L.E. 1909. A List of Snakes Found in Palawan. Philippine Journ. Sci. 4: 595-601. ("Trimeresurus schultzei n. sp.", p. 601.)


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