Trimeresurus malcolmi
| Trimeresurus malcolmi | |
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| File:Trimeresurus malcolmi Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia.jpg | |
| Trimeresurus malcolmi from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. malcolmi
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| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938
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| Synonyms | |
Trimeresurus malcolmi is a species of pit viper.[4] The species is native to East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper,[5] Malcolm's tree viper,[6] and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper.[7]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[8]
Description
[edit | edit source]The scalation of Trimeresurus malcolmi includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 8-9 supralabial scales. It can also wiggle its tail back and forth when threatened.
Common names
[edit | edit source]Trimeresurus malcolmi is known by several common names, including Kinabalu green pit viper,[1] Malcolm's pitviper,[5] Malcolm's tree viper,[6] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, and Malcolm's pit viper.[7]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]Trimeresurus malcolmi is found in East Malaysia at elevations of 1,000–1,600 metres (3,280–5,250 feet). The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bundutuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo Sabah, at an altitude circa 3,000 feet [914 m]".[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of Trimeresurus malcolmi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Trimeresurus malcolmi is oviparous.[3]
References
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- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (series). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (volume).
- ^ a b Species Trimeresurus malcolmi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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- ^ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. [First Edition]. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ a b Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ a b Brown, John Haynes (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, pp. 166, 247).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 144 pp. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, p. 11).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 478 pp.
- Loveridge, A. (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51: 43–45. (Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi, new subspecies, p. 45).
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