Trimeresurus malcolmi

Trimeresurus malcolmi
Trimeresurus malcolmi from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. malcolmi
Binomial name
Trimeresurus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938
Synonyms
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi — Golay et al., 1993 [2] Parias malcolmi — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Parias) malcolmi — David et al., 2011 [3]

Trimeresurus malcolmi is a species of pit viper. ^[4] The species is native to East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper, ^[5] Malcolm's tree viper, ^[6] and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper. ^[7]

Etymology

The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith. ^[8]

Description

The scalation of Trimeresurus malcolmi includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 8-9 supralabial scales. It can also wiggle its tail back and forth when threatened.

Common names

Trimeresurus malcolmi is known by several common names, including Kinabalu green pit viper, ^[1] Malcolm's pitviper, ^[5] Malcolm's tree viper, ^[6] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, and Malcolm's pit viper. ^[7]

Geographic range

Trimeresurus malcolmi is found in East Malaysia at elevations of 1,000–1,600 metres (3,280–5,250 feet). The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bundutuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo Sabah, at an altitude circa 3,000 feet [914 m]". ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Trimeresurus malcolmi is forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

Trimeresurus malcolmi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Das, I.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M.; Iskandar, D.; Lilley, R.; Dehling, M. (2013). "Trimeresurus malcolmi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T191978A44273636. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T191978A44273636.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
3. Species Trimeresurus malcolmi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
4. "Trimeresurus malcolmi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 28 July 2008.
5. Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. [First Edition]. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. ISBN   3-937975-00-4.
6. Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN   0-8069-6460-X.
7. Brown, John Haynes (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN   0-398-02808-7.
8. 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. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, pp. 166, 247).

Further reading

• Das, I. (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. ISBN   0-88359-061-1. 144 pp. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, p. 11).
• Golay, P.; Smith, H.M.; Broadley, D.G; Dixon, J.R.; McCarthy, C.J.; Rage, J.-C.; Schätti, B.; Toriba, M. (1993). Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops Herpetological Data Center. 478 pp.
• Loveridge, A. (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington51: 43–45. (Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi, new subspecies, p. 45).
• Stuebing, Robert B.; Inger, Robert F.; Lardner, Björn (2014). A Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Second Edition. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications. ISBN   978-9838121514. 310 pp.