Trimeresurus mcgregori
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Trimeresurus |
Species: | T. mcgregori
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Binomial name | |
Trimeresurus mcgregori Taylor, 1919
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Synonyms | |
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Trimeresurus mcgregori, commonly known as the McGregor's pit viper[4] or the Batanes pit viper, is a venomous pitviper subspecies[5] [4] endemic to the Philippines.
Etymology
The specific 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]
References
- ^ "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/169876/0
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d 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. 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 mcgregori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 August 2008.