Trimeresurus hageni
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| Trimeresurus hageni | |
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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. hageni |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886) | |
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Trimeresurus hageni is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, hageni, is in honor of naturalist "Dr. B. Hagen", who collected mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects in the eastern part of Sumatra.[6]
Description
Scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 76–98 ventral scales, 63–89 subcaudal scales, and 9–12 supralabial scales.[3]
Geographic range
This species is found in Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra and the nearby islands of Bangka, Simalur, Nias, Batu, and the Mentawai Islands).
The type locality given is "Sumatra ... [and] island of Banka". Brongersma (1933) emended this to "Deli, Sumatra".[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 Pit vipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ↑ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus hageni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ↑ Jentink, F.A. 1888. On a Collection of Mammals from East-Sumatra. Notes from the Leyden Museum 11 (6):17-30.
Further reading
- Lidth de Jeude, Th. W. van. 1886. On Cophias Wagleri Boie and Coluber sumatranus Raffles. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8 (10): 43-54. ("Bothrops Hageni", pp. 53–54.)
External links
- Trimeresurus hageni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 November 2012.
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