Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
Genus: | Trimeresurus |
Species: | T. sumatranus |
Subspecies: | T. s. malcolmi |
Trinomial name | |
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 |
|
Synonyms | |
|
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper subspecies[5] found in East Malaysia.
Contents |
Scalation includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females and 8-9 supralabial scales.[2]
Malcolm's pitviper,[2] Malcolm's tree viper,[3] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper.[4]
Found in East Malaysia at 1,000-1,600 m elevation. The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bunduntuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo [Sabah], at an altitude circa 3,000 feet."[1]