Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii

Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. stejnegeri
Subspecies:	T. s. chenbihuii
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii Zhao, 1997
Synonyms
Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii - Zhao, 1995 (Chinese with English summary) Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii - Zhao, 1997[1]

Common names: Chen's bamboo pitviper.^[2]

Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[3] found in China on Hainan Island.

Description

The scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 169-178/168-174 (160-170/167-174) ventral scales in males/females, 70-80/66-78(56-73) subcaudal scales in males/females and 10-12 supralabial scales.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in China on Hainan Island on Mount Diaoluo at 225-290 m elevation (Lingshui County) and on Wuzhi Mountain at 500 m elevation (Qiongzhong County). The type locality given is "Diaoluo Shan, Lingshui Co., Hainan Prov., China; altitude about 250 m."^[2]

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. ^ 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. ^ "Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635229. Retrieved 12 August 2008.