Trimeresurus puniceus

Trimeresurus puniceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. puniceus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus puniceus (Kuhl, 1824)
Synonyms
[Craspedocephalus] puniceus - Kuhl, 1824 Trigonocephalus puniceus - Kuhl, 1824 [Cophias] punicea - F. Boie, 1827 Atropos puniceus - Wagler, 1830 Atropos acontia - Gray, 1842 Trigonocephalus puniceus - Schlegel, 1824 Trimeresurus puniceus - Boettger, 1892 Lachesis puniceus - Boulenger, 1896 Trimeresurus wiroti - Trutnau, 1981 Trimeresurus puniceus puniceus - Cox, 1991 Trimeresurus puniceus wiroti - Cox, 1991 T[rimeresurus]. puniceus - Nutphand, Cox, Trutnau & H.M. Smith, 1991[1]

Common names: flat-nosed pitviper,^[2] flat-nosed pit viper, ashy pit viper,^[3] more.

Trimeresurus puniceus is a venomous pitviper species found in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[4]

Description

Scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 158-173 ventral scales, 41-56 subcaudal scales and 10-13 supralabial scales.^[2]

Common names

Flat-nosed pitviper,^[2] flat-nosed pit viper, ashy pit viper.^[3]

Two more names, Wirot's pit viper and Siamese palm viper, applied to T. wiroti, now part of the synonymy of T. puniceus.^[5]

Geographic range

Found in southern Thailand, West and East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands of Siberut and North Pagai, Simalur and Java. The type locality given is "Java."^[1]

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

1. ^ ^{a b} McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
2. ^ ^{a b c} Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
3. ^ ^{a b} Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
4. ^ "Trimeresurus puniceus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634928. Retrieved 26 July 2008. 
5. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.

External links

• Trimeresurus puniceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2008.