Trimeresurus popeorum barati

Trimeresurus popeorum barati
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. popeorum
Subspecies: T. p. barati
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus popeorum barati
Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati Regenass & Kramer, 1981
  • Trimeresurus gramineus barati – Welch, 1988
  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati – Golay et al., 1993[2]
  • Trimeresurus barati
    – Vogel et al., 2004
  • Popeia popeiorum barati
    – Sanders et al., 2006
  • Trimeresurus barati
    – David et al., 2009
  • Trimeresurus (Popeia) barati – David et al., 2011[3]
Common names: Barat bamboo pitviper.[4]

Trimeresurus popeorum barati is a venomous pitviper subspecies[5] endemic to Indonesia.

Description

The scalation includes 17-19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 142-157/146-160 ventral scales in males/females, 62-72/55-58 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales.[4]

Geographic range

Found in Indonesia on Sumatra (Barat District), the Mentawai Archipelago (on Siberut, North Pagai and South Pagai), and Simeulue (Simalur). The type locality given is "Solok, Sumatra".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/191923/0
  2. 1 2 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).
  3. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  5. ↑ "Trimeresurus popeorum barati". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

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