Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi

Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. sumatranus
Subspecies:	T. s. malcolmi
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938
Synonyms
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi - Loveridge, 1938 Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi - Golay et al., 1993[1]

Common names: Malcolm's pitviper,^[2] Malcolm's tree viper,^[3] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper,^[4] more.

Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[5] found in East Malaysia.

Description

Scalation includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females and 8-9 supralabial scales.^[2]

Common names

Malcolm's pitviper,^[2] Malcolm's tree viper,^[3] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper.^[4]

Geographic range

Found in East Malaysia at 1,000-1,600 m elevation. The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bunduntuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo [Sabah], at an altitude circa 3,000 feet."^[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} Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
4. ^ ^{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.
5. ^ "Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635284. Retrieved 28 July 2008. 

External links

• Parias malcolmi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2007.