Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. flavomaculatus
Subspecies:	T. f. mcgregori location:Batanes,Philippines
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori Taylor, 1919
Synonyms
Trimeresurus mcgregori - Taylor, 1919 Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori - Leviton, 1961[1]

Common names: McGregor's pitviper.^[2]

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[3] found in the Philippines.

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.^[2]

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).^[1]

Taxonomy

Re-elevated to a full species, Trimeresurus mcgregori, by Gumprecht (2001, 2002).^[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. ^ ^{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. ^ "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635223. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 

External links

• Trimeresurus flavomaculatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 August 2008.