Biology:Trimeresurus brongersmai
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. brongersmai
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| Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969
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Trimeresurus brongersmai, or Brongersma's pit viper,[4] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Indonesian island of Simalur. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[6]
Description
Scalation of T. brongersmai includes 19 (or 21) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 136-150 ventral scales, 41-48 divided subcaudal scales, and 9-10 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
Trimeresurus brongersmai is found in Indonesia on the island of Simalur.
The type locality given is "Lugu, Simalur, Sumatra" (Lugu, Simalur Island off west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia).[2]
References
- ↑ "Trimeresurus brongersmai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T178541A1538501. 2012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178541A1538501.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178541/1538501.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN:3-937975-00-4.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus brongersmai ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634906. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michel; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, p. 39).
Further reading
- David P, Vogel G, Dubois A (2011). "On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)". Zootaxa 2992: 1-51.
- Hoge AR (1969). "Um novo Trimeresurus de Simalur, Sumatra (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Ciência e Cultura, São Paulo 21 (2): 459–460. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, new species). (in Portuguese).
External links
- Trimeresurus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2008.
Wikidata ☰ Q3005699 entry
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