Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis

Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. stejnegeri
Subspecies: T. s. yunnanensis
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis
Schmidt, 1925
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus yunnanensis - Schmidt, 1925
  • Trimeresurus gramineus yunnanensis - Stejneger, 1927
  • Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis - Pope, 1935[1]
Common names: Yunnan bamboo pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in India and Burma.

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Description

The scalation includes 19 (19 (21)) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 154-164/150-172 ventral scales in males/females, 61-71/52-65 subcaudal scales in males/females and 9-11 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

Found in India (in West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim) and Burma. The type locality given is "Tengyueh, Yunnan Province, China" (= Tengchong County).[2]

Taxonomy

Zhao (1995) raised this taxon back up to the level of a full species: T. yunnanensis.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 d 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 stejnegeri yunnanensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635228. Retrieved 12 August 2008.