Trimeresurus flavomaculatus

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. flavomaculatus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
(Gray, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Megaera flavomaculatus - Gray, 1842
  • Megaera ornata - Gray, 1842
  • Megaera variegata - Gray, 1842
  • Parias flavomaculatus - Gary, 1849
  • Parias ornata - Gary, 1849
  • Parias variegata - Gary, 1849
  • Trimeresurus flavomaculatus - Günther, 1879
  • Trimeresurus Schadenbergi - Fischer, 1885
  • Lachesis flavomaculatus - Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus flavomaculatus flavomaculatus - Leviton, 1961[1]
Common names: Philippine pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus is a venomous pitviper species found in the Philippines. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[3]

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Description

According to Leviton (1964), the scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-178/175-184 ventral scales in males/females, 62-71/58-63 subcaudal scales in males/females and 9-11 supralabial scales of which the 3rd is the largest. Toriba and Sawai (1990) give 167-179/172-184 ventral scales in males/females, 56-70/53-63 subcaudal scales in males/females and 9-10/9-12 supralabial scales in males/females.[2]

Geographic range

Found on the Philippine islands of Agutayan, Batan, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Polillo. The type locality given is "Philippine Islands." Leviton (1964) proposed that this be restricted to "Luzon Island."[1]

Subspecies

Subspecies[3] Taxon author[3] Common name Geographic range
T. f. flavomaculatus (Gray, 1842) Philippine pitviper[2] Philippine islands of Agutayan, Bohol, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Panay.[2]
T. f. halieus Griffin, 1910 The Philippines on the island of Polillo.[1]
T. f. mcgregori Taylor, 1919 McGregor's pitviper[2] The Philippines on the Batanes Islands.[2]

Taxonomy

Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegates T. f. halieus to synonymy and elevates T. f. mcgregori to a full species.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c McDiarmid 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).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. ^ a b c "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634912. Retrieved 3 August 2007. 

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