Biology:Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Trimeresurus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | T. f. mcgregori
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Trinomial name | |
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori Taylor, 1919
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Synonyms | |
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Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori, commonly known as the McGregor's pit viper,[4] is a venomous pitviper subspecies[5] endemic to the Philippines .
Etymology
The subspecific name, mcgregori, is in honor of Richard Crittenden McGregor (1871-1936), who collected the type specimen,[6] and survived its bite.[7]
Description
The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-172/173-178 (or 169-172/168-178) ventral scales in males/females, 62-66/58-60 (or 63-69/56-62) subcaudal scales in males/females, and 10-11 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
Found in the Philippines on the Batanes Islands. The type locality given is "Batan Island, Batanes Group, (lying between Luzon and Formosa)" (Philippine Islands).[2]
Taxonomy
Re-elevated to a full species, Trimeresurus mcgregori, by Gumprecht (2001, 2002).[4]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ↑ "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/169876/0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 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).
- ↑ "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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 flavomaculatus mcgregori". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635223. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus mcgregori, p. 173).
- ↑ Taylor (1919), p. 112.
Further reading
- Taylor EH. 1919. "New or rare Philippine reptiles". Philippine Journal of Science 14: 105-125. ("Trimeresurus mcgregori sp. nov.", pp. 110–112.)
External links
- Trimeresurus flavomaculatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 August 2008.
Wikidata ☰ Q3539224 entry