Trimeresurus gramineus
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Trimeresurus gramineus is a venomous pitviper species found only in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
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[edit] Description
Rostral scale as deep as broad or broader than deep; upper head-scales small, smooth, imbricate; supraocular scale narrow, rarely broken up; internasals in contact or separated by one or two scales; 8 to 13 scales on a line between the supraoculars; usually one or two, rarely three, series of scales between the suboculars and the labials ; 9 to 12 upper labials, second usually forming the anterior border of the loreal pit, third largest; temporal scales smooth. Scales more or less distinctly keeled, in 21 (rarely 19 or 23) rows. Ventrals 145-175; anal scale entire; subcaudals 53-76. Upper parts usually bright green, rarely yellowish, greyish, or purplish brown, with or without black, brown, or reddish spots ; usually a light, white, yellow, or red streak along the outer row of scales ; end of tail frequently yellow or red; lower parts green, yellow, or whitish.[6]
Grows to a length of 2.5 feet (0.76 m); tail 6-5 inches.[6]
[edit] Common names
Bamboo pit viper,[2][3] Indian tree viper,[4] bamboo snake, Indian green tree viper, green tree viper,[7] bamboo viper,[8] bamboo pitviper.[9]
[edit] Geographic range
The range of this species has been restricted to southern India. According to Russell (1796), the type locality is "Vizagapatam, India."[1]
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b Khaire, N. 2006. A Guide to the Snakes of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. Indian Herpetological Society, Pune, India. Photographic guide with 61 spp.
- ^ a b Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma (including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region) Vol III - Serpentes. (1943). Taylor & Francis. London. 166 figures.
- ^ a b Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Trimeresurus gramineus (TSN 634915). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 27 September 2006.
- ^ a b Boulenger GA. 1890. Fauna of British India: Reptilia and Batrachia.
- ^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
- ^ Parker HW, Grandison AGC. 1977. Snakes -- a natural history. Second Edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. 108 pp. 16 plates. LCCCN 76-54625. ISBN 0-8014-1095-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8014-9164-9 (paper).
- ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
[edit] Further reading
- Cantor, T. E. 1839 Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 7: 31-34, 49-55.
- Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
- Shaw, G. 1802 General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615
- Stejneger, Leonhard 1927 The green pit viper, Trimeresurus gramineus, in China Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72 (19): 1-10
[edit] External links
- Trimeresurus gramineus at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2007.
