Trimeresurus erythrurus
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| Trimeresurus erythrurus (Cantor, 1839) |
Common names: redtail bamboo pit viper.
Trimeresurus erythrurus is a venomous pit viper species found in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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[edit] Description
Scales in 23-25 longitudinal rows at midbody; first upper labial partially or completely fused to nasal; 9-13 upper labials, 1-2 rows of scales separate upper labials from the suboculars; 11-14 scales in a line between supraoculars; supraoculars rarely divided; temporal scales small, strongly keeled; ventrals: males 153-174, females: 151-180; subcaudals: males 62-79, females 49-61, usually paired, occasionally unpaired shields present among paired series; head uniform green, dorsum bright green, light ventrolateral stripe present in males, present or absent in females (Maslin [1942:23] says that the ventrolateral stripe is absent, but Smith [1943:524] states that it is present in males and variable in females), tail spotted with brown; hemipenes without spines. Total length males 575 mm, females 1045; tail length males 120 mm, females 165 mm.
[edit] Geographic range
India (Assam, Sikkim), Bangladesh, Myanmar. The type locality given is "Ganges Delta."
[edit] References
- Cantor, T. E. 1839 Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 7: 31-34, 49-55.
- Cantor,T. 1840 Spicilegium Serpentium Indicorum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 4: 271-279
- Gumprecht,A. 2001 Die Bambusottern der Gattung Trimeresurus Lacépède Teil IV: Checkliste der Trimeresurus-Arten Thailands. Sauria 23 (2): 25-32
- Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
- Toriba, Michihisa 1994 Karyotype of Trimeresurus erythrurus Snake 26 (2): 141-143
[edit] External links
- Species Trimeresurus erythrurus at the Species2000 Database
- Trimeresurus erythrurus (TSN 634910). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 27 September 2006.
- Trimeresurus erythrurus at Uetz Lab. Accessed 27 September 2006.
