Trimeresurus erythrurus
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Trimeresurus
|species = erythrurus
|authority = (Cantor, 1839)
|synonyms = *Trigonocephalus erythrurus
Cantor, 1839
- Trimesurus bicolor Gray, 1853
- Trimeresurus erythrurus
– Günther, 1864 - Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. erythrurus – Higgins, 1873
- T[rimeresurus]. erythrurus
– Theobald, 1876McDiarmid 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). - Cryptelytrops erythrurus
– Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 - Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) erythrurus – David et al., 2011{{NRDB species |genus=Trimeresurus |species=erythrurus |accessdate=16 November 2020}}
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Trimeresurus erythrurus, commonly known as the red-tailed bamboo pitviper,Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}. redtail bamboo pit viper, and redtail pit viper is a venomous pit viper species found in South Asia and Myanmar. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Description
Males grow to a maximum total length {{convert|575|mm}}, of which the tail is {{convert|120|mm}} in length. Females reach a maximum total length of {{convert|1,045|mm}}, with a tail length of {{convert|165|mm}}.{{cite journal |last1=Leviton |first1=A.E. |last2=Wogan |first2=G.O.U. |last3=Koo |first3=M.S. |last4=Zug |first4=G.R. |last5=Lucas |first5=R.S. |last6=Vindum |first6=J.V. |name-list-style=amp |title=The dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar. Illustrated checklist with keys |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |year=2003 |volume=54 |issue=24 |pages=407–462 |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v54/proccas_v54_n24.pdf}}
Scalation: dorsal scales in 23–25 longitudinal rows at midbody; first upper labial partially or completely fused to nasal; 9–13 upper labials, 1–2 rows of scales separate upper labials from the suboculars; 11–14 scales in a line between supraoculars; supraoculars rarely divided; temporal scales small, strongly keeled; ventral scales: males 153–174, females: 151–180; subcaudals: males 62–79, females 49–61, usually paired, occasionally unpaired shields present among paired series.
Color pattern: head uniform green, dorsum bright green, light ventrolateral stripe present in males, present or absent in females (Maslin [1942:23] says that the ventrolateral stripe is absent, but M.A. Smith [1943:523] states that it is present in males and variable in females), tail spotted with brown; hemipenes without spines.
Geographic range
References
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Further reading
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- Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 7: 31–34, 49–55.
- Cantor, T.E. 1840. Spicilegium Serpentium Indicorum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 4: 271–279.
- Gumprecht, A. 2001. Die Bambusottern der Gattung Trimeresurus Lacépède Teil IV: Checkliste der Trimeresurus-Arten Thailands. Sauria 23 (2): 25–32.
- Maslin, T. Paul. 1942. Evidence for the Separation of the Crotalid Genera Trimeresurus and Bothrops, with a Key to the Genus Trimeresurus. Copeia 1942 (1): 18–24.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. xii + 583 pp. (Trimeresurus erythrurus, pp. 522–523.)
- Toriba, Michihisa. 1994. Karyotype of Trimeresurus erythrurus. Snake 26 (2): 141–143.
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Category:Reptiles described in 1839