Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus

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Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
Subspecies:
T. f. halieus
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus
Griffin, 1910
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus halieus
    Griffin, 1910
  • Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus Leviton, 1961 [1]

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus is a venomous pitviper subspecies [2] endemic to the Philippines.

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Geographic range

It is found in the Philippines on the island of Polillo. The type locality given is "Island of Polillo, P.I." (= Philippine Islands). [1]

Taxonomy

Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegated this subspecies to the synonymy of Trimeresurus flavomaculatus . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 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).
  2. "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  3. Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN   3-937975-00-4.

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