Trimeresurus labialis

Trimeresurus labialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. labialis
Binomial name
Trimeresurus labialis Steindachner, 1867
Synonyms
Bothrophis labialis - Fitzinger, 1861 Trimeresurus labialis - Steindachner, 1867 Trim[eresurus]. mutabilis - Stoliczka, 1870 Trimeresurus mutabilis - Stoliczka, 1870[1]

Common names: Nicobar bamboo pitviper.^[2]

Trimeresurus labialis is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[3]

Geographic range

Found only in the Nicobar Islands of India. The type locality given is "den Nikobaren."^[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. ^ 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 labialis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634920. Retrieved 27 September 2006. 

Further reading

• Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77
• Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
• Steindachner, F. 1867 In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858,1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Zoologie), Vol. 1, part 3 (Reptilien p.1-98). K. Gerold's Sohn/Kaiserlich-Königl. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien [1869 on title page]
• Stoliczka, F. 1870 Observations of some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 105-109

External links

• Cryptelytrops labialis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2007.