Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii

Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. stejnegeri
Subspecies: T. s. chenbihuii
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii
Zhao, 1997
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii Zhao, 1995 (Chinese with English summary)
  • Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii Zhao, 1997[1]
  • Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii Sang et al., 2009[2]
Common names: Chen's bamboo pitviper.[3]

Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii is a venomous pitviper subspecies[4] endemic to Hainan Island in China.

Etymology

The specific name, chenbihuii, is in honor of Professor Bi-Hui Chen of Anhui Normal University.[2]

Description

The scalation 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

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]

See also

References

  1. 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).
  2. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. "Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

Further reading


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