Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. flavomaculatus
Subspecies: T. f. mcgregori

location:Batanes,Philippines
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori
Taylor, 1919
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus mcgregori - Taylor, 1919
  • Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori - Leviton, 1961[1]
Common names: McGregor's pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in the Philippines.

Contents

Description

The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-172/173-178 (or 169-172/168-178) ventral scales in males/females, 62-66/58-60 (or 63-69/56-62) subcaudal scales in males/females and 10-11 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

Found in the Philippines on the Batanes Islands. The type locality given is "Batan Island, Batanes Group, (lying between Luzon and Formosa)" (Philippine Islands).[1]

Taxonomy

Re-elevated to a full species, Trimeresurus mcgregori, by Gumprecht (2001, 2002).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ a b c Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. ^ "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635223. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 

External links