Trimeresurus sabahi

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Trimeresurus sabahi
Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus, Banded pit viper - Takua Pa District, Phang-nga Province (46710893582).jpg
Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. sabahi
Binomial name
Trimeresurus sabahi
Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus popeorum sabahiRegenass & Kramer, 1981
  • Trimeresurus gramineus sabahi– Welch, 1988
  • Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi– Golay et al., 1993 [2]
  • Trimeresurus popeiorum sabahi– Gumprecht et al., 2004
  • Trimeresurus sabahi
    – Vogel et al., 2004
  • Popeia sabahi
    – Creer et al., 2006
  • Trimeresurus (Popeia) sabahi– Vogel et al., 2011

Trimeresurus sabahi, commonly known as the Sabah pit viper [1] or Sabah bamboo pitviper, [3] [4] is a venomous pitviper species. [3] If defined narrowly, it is endemic to the island of Borneo. [1] If defined more broadly, it consists of five subspecies found in Southeast Asia. [3]

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Subspecies

There are five subspecies: [3]

T. s fucatus Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus, Sabah pit viper (female) - Yong Waterfall National Park (50770215012).jpg
T. s fucatus

IUCN treats these as full species, respectively T. barati, [5] T. buniana, [6] T. fucatus, [7] and T. toba, [8] restricting T. sabahi to the nominotypical subspecies. [1]

Description

Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 62 cm (24 in). [9]

Dorsally, it is uniform green, without crossbars. Ventrally it is pale green. There is narrow bicolor stripe on the first one and a half dorsal scale rows. In males this stripe is rust-colored or red below, and it is white above. In females it is yellow or white. The iris of the eye is red or orange in adults of both sexes, but in young specimens may be yellowish-green. There are no markings behind the eye. [9]

The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 149–157/148–156 ventral scales in males/females or 148–159 in general, 72–76/59–65 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–11 supralabial scales (9–10 with the third being the largest). [4]

Habitat

In Borneo, it inhabits mountainous regions at altitudes from 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,150 m (3,770 ft), where it is commonly found on branches of shrubs and other low vegetation. [9]

Reproduction

The reproductive biology of this species is unknown. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Das, I.; Inger, R.F.; Vogel, G.; Dehling, M. (2022) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Trimeresurus sabahi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T192042A217766870. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T192042A217766870.en . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  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).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Trimeresurus sabahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL  [ fr ], Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN   3-937975-00-4.
  5. ↑ Iskandar, D.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M. (2022) [amended version of 2012 assessment]. "Trimeresurus barati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T191923A217765960. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T191923A217765960.en . Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Grismer, L. (2022) [amended version of 2012 assessment]. "Trimeresurus buniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T192086A217767279. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T192086A217767279.en . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Wogan, G.; Vogel, G.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2012). "Trimeresurus fucatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T178659A1541045. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178659A1541045.en . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Iskandar, D.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F. (2022) [amended version of 2012 assessment]. "Trimeresurus toba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T193452A217770501. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T193452A217770501.en . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Das, Indraneil. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-061-1. (Popeia sabahi, p. 56.)

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