Tropidolaemus laticinctus

Common names: broad-banded temple pit viper
Tropidolaemus laticinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Tropidolaemus
Species: T. laticinctus
Binomial name
Tropidolaemus laticinctus
(Kuch, Gumprecht, & Melaun, 2007)

Tropidolaemus laticinctus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. [1]

Description

Unlike other temple viper species, this species lacks age-related and sexually dimorphic coloration. [2]

References

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