Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti
| Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. jerdonii |
| Subspecies: | T. j. bourreti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti Klemmer, 1963 | |
| Synonyms | |
- Common names: Bourret's pitviper.[2]
Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology
The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[4]
Description
The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]
Geographic range
It is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan).[2] The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).[1]
Taxonomy
T. j. bourreti Klemmer, 1963, is a replacement name for T. j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.[1]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- 1 2 3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- 1 2 3 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, p. 35).
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