Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti

Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Protobothrops
Species:	P. jerdonii
Subspecies:	P. j. bourreti
Trinomial name
Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti (Klemmer, 1963)
Synonyms [1]
Trimeresurus jerdonii meridionalis Bourret, 1935 Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti Klemmer, 1963 Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti — Welch, 1988

Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as Bourret's pitviper, ^[2] is a subspecies of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. ^[3] The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology

The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret. ^[4]

Description

The scalation of P. j. bourreti includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales. ^[2]

Geographic range

P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan). ^[2] The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam). ^[1]

Taxonomy

The scientific name, P. j. bourreti (Klemmer, 1963), is a replacement name for Trimeresurus j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935. ^[1]

See also

• List of crotaline species and subspecies
• Snakebite

References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
2. Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN   3-937975-00-4.
3. "Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 12 August 2008.
4. 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. (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, p. 35).

Further reading

• Bourret R (1935). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine français. No. IX. Les Serpents de Chapa ". Bull. Gén. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 5–17. (Trimeresurus jerdonii meridionalis, new subspecies, p. 14). (in French).
• Klemmer K (1963). "Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen: Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae und Crotalidae ". In: Elwert (1963). Die Giftschlangen der Erde. Wirkung und Antigenitat der Gifte Therapie von Giftschlangbissen. 464 pp. (Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti, replacement name). (in German).