Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| image = Trimeresurus flavomaculatus (KU 330049) from mid-elevation, Mt. Cagua - ZooKeys-266-001-g098.jpg
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Trimeresurus
| species = flavomaculatus
| authority =(Gray, 1842)
| range_map = Trimeresurus flavomaculatus distribution.png
| synonyms =
- Megaera flavomaculatus Gray, 1842
- Megaera ornata Gray, 1842
- Megaera variegata Gray, 1842
- Parias flavomaculatus
– Gray, 1849 - Parias ornata – Gray, 1849
- Parias variegata – Gray, 1849
- Trimeresurus flavomaculatus – Günther, 1879
- Trimeresurus Schadenbergi Fischer, 1885
- Lachesis flavomaculatus
– Boulenger, 1896 - Trimeresurus flavomaculatus flavomaculatus – Leviton, 1961McDiarmid 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).
- Parias flavomaculatus
– Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 - Trimeresurus (Parias) flavomaculatus
– David et al., 2011The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Trimeresurus flavomaculatus (Philippine pit viper)Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pit vipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}. is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Philippines. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.{{ITIS|id=634912|taxon=Trimeresurus flavomaculatus|accessdate=3 August 2007}}
Description
According to Leviton (1964), the scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170–178/175–184 ventral scales in males/females, 62–71/58–63 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–11 supralabial scales of which the 3rd is the largest. Toriba and Sawai (1990) give 167–179/172–184 ventral scales in males/females, 56–70/53–63 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–10/9–12 supralabial scales in males/females.
Geographic range
Found on the Philippine islands of Agutayan, Batan, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Panay and Polillo. The type locality given is "Philippine Islands". Leviton (1964) proposed that this be restricted to "Luzon Island".
Subspecies
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| T. f. flavomaculatus
|(Gray, 1842) |style="width:40%"|Philippine islands of Agutayan, Bohol, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Panay. |
| T. f. halieus
|Griffin, 1910 | |
Taxonomy
Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegates T. f. halieus to synonymy and elevates T. f. mcgregori to a full species.
References
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Further reading
- Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of Rattle-Snakes, or Family of CROTALIDAE. Zoological Miscellany 2: 47–51. ("Magæra flavomaculatus", p. 49.)
- Leviton, A.E. 1964. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, V. The snakes of the genus Trimeresurus. Philippine Journal of Science 93: 251–276.
External links
- {{NRDB species|genus=Trimeresurus|species=flavomaculatus|date=21 November|year=2012}}
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_fauna_sci-Reptile&where-lifeform=Reptile&where-taxon=Parias+(trimeresurus)+flavomaculatus Parias (Trimeresurus) flavomaculatus images] at [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/ Calphotos]. Accessed 6 December 2007.
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Category:Reptiles described in 1842
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Category:Endemic fauna of the Philippines