Trimeresurus jerdonii

Taxobox
name = "Trimeresurus jerdonii"

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image_caption = Red spotted pitviper, "T. j. xanthomelas"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Trimeresurus"
species = "T. jerdonii"
binomial = "Trimeresurus jerdonii"
binomial_authority = Günther, 1875
synonyms = * "Trimeresurus jerdonii" - Günther, 1875
* "Lachesis jerdonii" - Boulenger, 1896
* "Lachesis melli" - Vogt, 1922
* "Trimeresurus jerdonii melli" - Mell, 1931
* "T" ["rimeresurus"] . "j" ["erdonii"] . "jerdoni" - Bourret, 1936
* "Trimeresurus jerdoni" - M.A. Smith, 1943
* "Trimeresurus jerdoni bourreti" - Klemmer, 1963
* "P" ["rotobothrops"] . "jerdoni" - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983
* "Protobothrops jerdonii jerdonii" - Welch, 1988
* "Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti" - Welch, 1988
* "Protobothrops jerdonii meridionalis" - Welch, 1988
* "Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas" - Welch, 1988McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: Jerdon's pitviper,Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.] Jerdon's pit viper.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 jerdonii" is a venomous pitviper species found in India (Assam), Burma, Tibet, China and Vietnam. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.ITIS|ID=634917|taxon=Trimeresurus jerdonii|year=2007|date=25 May]

Description

Males grow to a maximum total length of 835 mm with a tail length of 140 mm; females 990 mm with a tail length of females 160 mm.Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar, Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54 (24): 407-462.]

Scalation: dorsal scales in 21 longitudinal rows at midbody (rarely 23); snout length a little more than twice diameter of eye; head above, except for large internasals and supraoculars, covered by small, unequal, smooth scales that are feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; first labial completely separated from nasal scales by a suture; internasals separated by 1-2 small scales; 6-9 small scales in line between supraoculars; 7-8 upper labials, third and fourth beneath eye, in contact with subocular or separated by at most a single series of small scales; ventrals: males 164-188, females 167-193; subcaudals: males 50-78, females 44-76.

Geographic range

Found from Assam in India, through northern Burma to Tibet, China (Hupeh, Szechwan and Yunnan) and Vietnam. The type locality given is "Khasi Hills, India."

ubspecies

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

Further reading

* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
* Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
* Günther,A. 1875 Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained bv the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London,1875: 224-234.

External links

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* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Protobothrops_jerdoni.jpg"Protobothrops jerdoni", image 1/4] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 25 May 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Protobothrops_jerdoni1.jpg"Protobothrops jerdoni", image 2/4] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 25 May 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Protobothrops_jerdoni2.jpg"Protobothrops jerdoni", image 3/4] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 25 May 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Protobothrops_jerdoni3.jpg"Protobothrops jerdoni", image 4/4] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 25 May 2007.
*. Accessed 17 August 2007.
*. Accessed 25 August 2007.
*. Accessed 25 August 2007.