Trimeresurus brongersmai
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| Trimeresurus brongersmai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. brongersmai |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 | |
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| Synonyms | |
- Common names: Brongersma's pit viper.[3]
Trimeresurus brongersmai is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Indonesia on the island of Simalur. The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Description
Scalation includes 19 (or 121) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 136-150 ventral scales, 41-48 divided subcaudal scales, and 9-10 supralabial scales.[3]
Geographic range
Found in Indonesia on the island of Simalur. The type locality given is "Lugu, Simalur, Sumatra" (Lugu, Simalur Island off west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia).[1]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus brongersmai". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July, 2008.
Further reading
- Hoge, A.R. 1969. Um novo Trimeresurus de Simalur, Sumatra (Serpentes: Viperidae). Ciência e Cultura, São Paulo 21 (2): 459-460.
External links
- Trimeresurus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2008.
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