- Trimeresurus gracilis
Taxobox
name = "Trimeresurus gracilis"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
subphylum =Vertebrata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Viperidae
subfamilia =Crotalinae
genus = "Trimeresurus "
species = "T. gracilis"
binomial = "Trimeresurus gracilis"
binomial_authority = Oshima, 1920
synonyms = * "Trimeresurus gracilis" - Oshima, 1920McDiarmid 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).]:"Common names: Kikushi habu.Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.] ""Trimeresurus gracilis" is a venomous pitviper
species found in only inTaiwan . Nosubspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634914|taxon="Trimeresurus gracilis"|year=2008|date=28 July]Description
Scalation includes 19 (21) rows of
dorsal scales at midbody, 144/149ventral scales , 43-53subcaudal scales and 7-8supralabial scales .Geographic range
Found only in
Taiwan . The type locality given is "Mt. Noko, Nanto." According to Zhao and Adler (1993), this would be "Mt. Nôkô, Nanto Co., central Formosa, China" (Mount Nengkaoshan,Nantou County , Taiwan).ee also
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List of crotaline species and subspecies
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