Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti

Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. jerdonii
Subspecies: T. j. bourreti
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti
Klemmer, 1963
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus Jerdonii meridionalis Bourret, 1935
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti Klemmer, 1963
  • Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti Welch, 1988[1]
Common names: Bourret's pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology

The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[4]

Description

The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

It is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan).[2] The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).[1]

Taxonomy

T. j. bourreti Klemmer, 1963, is a replacement name for T. j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 1 2 3 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. "Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, p. 35).


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