Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii

Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Subspecies:	T. s. chenbihuii
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii Zhao, 1995
Synonyms
Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii Zhao, 1995 Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii — Zhao, 1997 [1] Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii — Nguyen et al., 2009 [2]

Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii, commonly known as the Chen's bamboo pitviper, ^[3] is a subspecies of venomous pitviper in the family Viperidae. ^[4] The subspecies is endemic to Hainan Island in China.

Etymology

The specific name, chenbihuii, is in honor of Professor Bi-Hui Chen of Anhui Normal University, who is a Chinese herpetologist. ^{[2] [5]}

Description

The scalation of T. s. chenbihuii includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 169-178/168-174 (160-170/167-174) ventral scales in males/females, 70-80/66-78(56-73) subcaudal scales in males/females, and 10-12 supralabial scales. ^[3]

Geographic range

T. s. chenbihuii is found in China on Hainan Island on Mount Diaoluo at 225–290 m (738–951 ft) elevation (Lingshui County), and on Wuzhi Mountain at 500 m (1,600 ft) elevation (Qiongzhong County). The type locality given is "Diaoluo Shan, Lingshui Co., Hainan Prov., China; altitude about 250 m [820 ft]". ^[3]

References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
2. "Trimeresurus stejnegeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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.
4. "Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 12 August 2008.
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii, p. 53).

Further reading

• Zhao, Er-mi (1995). "Intraspecific classification of some Chinese snakes". Sichuan Journal of Zoology14 (3): 107–112. (Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii, new subspecies). (in Chinese, with summary in English).
• Zhao, Er-mi (1997). "Intraspecific Classification of Some Chinese Snakes". Asiatic Herpetological Research7: 170–172.