Craspedocephalus brongersmai

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Craspedocephalus brongersmai

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Craspedocephalus
Species:
C. brongersmai
Binomial name
Craspedocephalus brongersmai
Hoge, 1969
Trimeresurus brongersmai distribution.png
Synonyms
  • Craspedocephalus brongersmai Hoge, 1969[2]
  • Trimeresurus (Craspedocephalus) brongersmai
    — , & Dubois, 2011
  • Craspedocephalus brongersmai
    — Wallach, K. Williams & , 2014[3]

Craspedocephalus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's pit viper,[4] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to islands off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[5]

Etymology[]

The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[6]

Description[]

Scalation of C. brongersmai includes 19 (or 21) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 136-150 ventral scales, 41-48 divided subcaudal scales, and 9-10 supralabial scales.[4]

Geographic range[]

Craspedocephalus brongersmai is found in Indonesia, on the Mentawai islands of Siberut and Simeulue, which are located off the west coast of Sumatra.[1]

The type locality given is "Lugu, Simalur, Sumatra" [= Lugu, Simeulue Island, Indonesia].[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of C. brongersmai is forest.[1]

Reproduction[]

The mode of reproduction of C. brongersmai is unknown.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Vogel, G.; Iskandar, D. (2012). "Trimeresurus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178541A1538501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178541A1538501.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ a b Species Craspedocephalus brongersmai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
  4. ^ a b , , Orlov NL, Captain A, (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  5. ^ "Trimeresurus brongersmai ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  6. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, p. 39).

Further reading[]

  • , , Dubois A (2011). "On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)". Zootaxa 2992: 1-51.
  • Hoge AR (1969). "Um novo Trimeresurus de Simalur, Sumatra (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Ciência e Cultura, São Paulo 21 (2): 459–460. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, new species). (in Portuguese).
  • Hoge AR, (1974). "Notes on Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 38: 147–158.



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