Trimeresurus sabahi barati

Trimeresurus sabahi barati
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. sabahi
Subspecies:	T. s. barati
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus sabahi barati Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Synonyms
Trimeresurus popeorum baratiRegenass & Kramer, 1981 Trimeresurus gramineus barati– Welch, 1988 Trimeresurus popeorum barati– Golay et al., 1993 [2] Trimeresurus barati – Vogel et al., 2004 Popeia popeiorum barati – Sanders et al., 2006 Trimeresurus barati – David et al., 2009 Trimeresurus (Popeia) barati– David et al., 2011

Trimeresurus sabahi barati, commonly known as the Sumatran green pit viper ^[1] or the Barat bamboo pitviper, ^{[3] [4]} is a subspecies of Trimeresurus sabahi . ^[3] The IUCN Red List treats it as a distinct species, ^[1] and others have considered it subspecies of Trimeresurus popeiorum or Trimeresurus gramineus . ^[3] It is endemic to Sumatra (Indonesia), including some nearby smaller islands. ^{[1] [3]}

Description

The scalation includes 17–19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 142–157/146–160 ventral scales in males/females, 62–72/55–58 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–11 supralabial scales. ^[4]

Geographic range

Found in Indonesia on Sumatra and in the Mentawai Archipelago. ^[1] The type locality given is "Solok, Sumatra". ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. 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.
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. Trimeresurus sabahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 September 2022.
4. 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.

Further reading

• Regenass, Urs; Kramer, Eugen. 1981. Zur Systematik der grünen Grubenotter der Gattung Trimeresurus (Serpentes, Crotalidae). Rev. Suisse de Zool. 88 (1): 163–205.