Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii

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Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
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
    Sang 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.

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Etymology

The specific name, chenbihuii, is in honor of Professor Bi-Hui Chen of Anhui Normal University. [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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Trimeresurus stejnegeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 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).

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