Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi
| Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. sumatranus |
| Subspecies: | T. s. malcolmi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 | |
| Synonyms | |
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper subspecies[7] found in East Malaysia.
Etymology
The subspecific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[8]
Description
Scalation includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 8-9 supralabial scales.[4]
Common names
Malcolm's pitviper,[4] Malcolm's tree viper,[5] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper.[6]
Geographic range
Found in East Malaysia at 1,000-1,600 m elevation (3,280-5,250 feet). The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bundutuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo [Sabah], at an altitude circa 3,000 feet [914 m]".[2]
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
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/191978/0
- 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 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).
- ↑ "Trimeresurus malcolmi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. [First Edition]. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- 1 2 Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- 1 2 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 sumatranus malcolmi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ↑ 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. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, pp. 166, 247).
Further reading
- Loveridge, A. 1938. New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51: 43-45. ("Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi, subsp. nov.", p. 45.)
External links
- Trimeresurus malcolmi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 December 2012.
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