- Trimeresurus medoensis
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Trimeresurus medoensis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Trimeresurus Species: T. medoensis Binomial name Trimeresurus medoensis
Zhao, 1977Synonyms - Trimeresurus medoensis - Zhao, 1977[1]
- Common names: Motuo bamboo pitviper.[2]
Trimeresurus medoensis is a venomous pitviper species found in India, Burma and Xizang (Tibet), China. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
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Description
Maximum total length for males is 671 mm; for females it is 650 mm. Maximum tail length for males 125 mm; for females it is 115 mm. The hemipenes of the males are short, thick and spinose.[4]
Scalation: dorsal scales in 17 longitudinal rows at midbody, of which rows 7-11 are slightly keeled. There are 8 upper labials, of which the first are separated from the nasal scales by a distinct suture. The ventrals number less than 150.[4]
Color pattern: green or bluish green above, yellowish white below, the two separated by a bright bicolored red (below) and white (above) ventrolateral stripe (in both males and females), which occupies the whole of the outermost scale row and a portion of the second row.[4]
Geographic range
Found in northern India and also in the Namdapha Valley in the South, northern Burma (Myanmar), and southeastern Xizang (Tibet), China. The type locality listed is "near A-ni Bridge, Medo Xian, Xizang [Tibet], alt. 1,200 m" [Autonomous Region, China].[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
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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 medoensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634925. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ a b c Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Burma, Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54 (24): 407-462.
Further reading
- David, Patrick, Ashok Captain and Bharat B. Bhatt 2002 On the occurrence of Trimeresurus medoensis Djao in: Djao & Jaing, 1977 (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) in India, with a redescription of the species and notes on its biology. Hamadryad 26(2):210-226 [2001]
- Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
External links
- Viridovipera medoensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2007.
Categories:- Trimeresurus
- Fauna of Burma
- Fauna of India
- Reptiles of China
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