Trimeresurus flavomaculatus

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Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus (KU 330049) from mid-elevation, Mt. Cagua - ZooKeys-266-001-g098.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. flavomaculatus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
(Gray, 1842)
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Synonyms
  • Megaera flavomaculatusGray, 1842
  • Megaera ornataGray, 1842
  • Megaera variegataGray, 1842
  • Parias flavomaculatus
    – Gray, 1849
  • Parias ornata– Gray, 1849
  • Parias variegata– Gray, 1849
  • Trimeresurus flavomaculatus– Günther, 1879
  • Trimeresurus SchadenbergiFischer, 1885
  • Lachesis flavomaculatus
    – Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus flavomaculatus flavomaculatus– Leviton, 1961 [2]
  • Parias flavomaculatus
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Parias) flavomaculatus
    – David et al., 2011 [3]

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus also known as the Philippine pit viper [4] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Philippines. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [5]

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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. [4]

Geographic range

Found on the Philippine islands of Agutayan, Batan, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Panay and Polillo. The type locality given is "Philippine Islands". Leviton (1964) proposed that this be restricted to "Luzon Island". [2]

Subspecies

Subspecies [5] Taxon author [5] Common nameGeographic range
T. f. flavomaculatus(Gray, 1842)Philippine pit viper [4] Philippine islands of Agutayan, Bohol, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Panay. [4]
T. f. halieus Griffin, 1910The Philippines on the island of Polillo. [2]

Taxonomy

Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegates T. f. halieus to synonymy and elevates T. f. mcgregori to a full species. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Brown, R.; Sy, E.; Reizl Jose, Juan Carlos Gonzales, Rico, E.; Ledesma, M. (2009). "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T169885A6686236. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169885A6686236.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 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. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pit vipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN   3-937975-00-4.
  5. 1 2 3 "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 3 August 2007.

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