Trimeresurus popeorum barati

Trimeresurus popeorum barati
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. popeorum
Subspecies: T. p. barati
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus popeorum barati
Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati - Regenass & Kramer, 1981
  • Trimeresurus gramineus barati - Welch, 1988
  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati - Golay et al., 1993[1]
Common names: Barat bamboo pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus popeorum barati is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in Indonesia.

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Description

The scalation includes 17-19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 142-157/146-160 ventral scales in males/females, 62-72/55-58 subcaudal scales in males/females and 9-11 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

Found in Indonesia on Sumatra (Barat District), the Mentawai Archipelago (on Siberut, North Pagai and South Pagai), and Simeulue (Simalur). The type locality given is "Solok, Sumatra."[1]

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 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 popeorum barati". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635281. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 

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