Trimeresurus gramineus
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 Bamboo pitviper (Trimeresurus gramineus)
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| Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw, 1802) |
Common names: common bamboo viper.
Trimeresurus gramineus is a venomous pit viper species found in parts of Southeast Asia.
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[edit] Description
Grows to a length of 2.5 feet; tail 6-5 inches.[1]
Rostral scale as deep as broad or broader than deep; upper head-scales small, smooth, imbricate; supraocular scale narrow, rarely broken up; internasals in contact or separated by one or two scales; 8 to 13 scales on a line between the supraoculars; usually one or two, rarely three, series of scales between the suboculars and the labials ; 9 to 12 upper labials, second usually forming the anterior border of the loreal pit, third largest; temporal scales smooth. Scales more or less distinctly keeled, in 21 (rarely 19 or 23) rows. Ventrals 145-175; anal scale entire; subcaudals 53-76. Upper parts usually bright green, rarely yellowish, greyish, or purplish brown, with or without black, brown, or reddish spots ; usually a light, white, yellow, or red streak along the outer row of scales ; end of tail frequently yellow or red; lower parts green, yellow, or whitish.[1]
[edit] Geographic range
Southern India (Maharashtra (Tung fort, Ulhas valley, Valvan, Harishchandragad fort), Pakistan, Nepal, southern China, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Philippine Islands (Manthey 1983).
The type locality is listed as "Vizagapatam, India" (based on Russell, 1796).
Southern China, Sikkim, Bengal, Assam, Burma, Cochin-China, Siam, Andamans and Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago.[1]
[edit] Cited references
- ^ a b c Boulenger GA. 1890. Fauna of British India: Reptilia and Batrachia.
[edit] Other references
- Cantor, T. E. 1839 Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 7: 31-34, 49-55.
- Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
- Shaw, G. 1802 General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615
- Stejneger, Leonhard 1927 The green pit viper, Trimeresurus gramineus, in China Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72 (19): 1-10
[edit] External links
- Species Trimeresurus gramineus at the Species2000 Database
- Trimeresurus gramineus (TSN 634915). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 27 September 2006.
- Trimeresurus gramineus 1 at Uetz Lab. Accessed 27 September 2006.
- Trimeresurus gramineus 2 at Uetz Lab. Accessed 27 September 2006.
- Trimeresurus gramineus 3 at Uetz Lab. Accessed 27 September 2006.
