Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi

Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi
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. sabahi
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi
Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981
  • Trimeresurus gramineus sabahi – Welch, 1988
  • Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi – Golay et al., 1993[2]
  • Trimeresurus popeiorum sabahi – Gumprecht et al., 2004
  • Trimeresurus sabahi
    – Vogel et al., 2004
  • Popeia sabahi
    – Creer et al., 2006
  • Trimeresurus (Popeia) sabahi – David et al., 2011
Common names: Sabah bamboo pitviper.[3]

Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi is a venomous pitviper subspecies[4] endemic to the island of Borneo.

Description

Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 62 cm (24 in).[5]

Dorsally, it is uniform green, without crossbars. Ventrally it is pale green. There is narrow bicolor stripe on the first one and a half dorsal scale rows. In males this stripe is rust-colored or red below, and it is white above. In females it is yellow or white. The iris of the eye is red or orange in adults of both sexes, but in young specimens may be yellowish-green. There are no markings behind the eye.[5]

The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 149-157/148-156 ventral scales in males/females or 148-159 in general, 72-76/59-65 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales (9-10 with the third being the largest).[3]

Geographic range

Found on the island of Borneo in East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Indonesia (North Kalimantan). The type locality given is "Mount Kinabalu, Kulapis River, British North Borneo".[2]

Habitat

It inhabits mountainous regions at altitudes from 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,150 m (3,770 ft), where it is commonly found on branches of shrubs and other low vegetation.[5]

Reproduction

The reproductive biology of this species is unknown.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/192042/0
  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. 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.
  4. ↑ "Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Das, Indraneil. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Popeia sabahi, p. 56.)

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