Trimeresurus schultzei

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Schultze's pit viper
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. schultzei
Binomial name
Trimeresurus schultzei
Griffin, 1909
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Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus schultzei
    Griffin, 1909 [2]
  • Parias schultzei
    Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Parias) schultzei David et al., 2011 [3]

Trimeresurus schultzei, commonly known as the Schultze's pitviper, [4] is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Philippines. No subspecies are currently recognized. [5]

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Etymology

The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of "Mr. W. Schultze" who collected the type specimen.

Description

Scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 185-194/192-203 ventral scales in males/females, 67-78/66-75 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales. [4]

Geographic range

Found in the Philippines on the islands on Palawan and Balabac. The type locality given is "Iwahig, Palawn" (Palawan Island, Philippines). [2]

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References

  1. Brown, R.; Sy, E.; Dimalibot, J. (2009). "Trimeresurus schultzei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2009: e.T169843A6681242. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169843A6681242.en . Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. 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).
  3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN   3-937975-00-4.
  5. "Trimeresurus schultzei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 28 July 2008.

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