Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti

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Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Protobothrops
Species:
P. jerdonii
Subspecies:
P. j. bourreti
Trinomial name
Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
(Klemmer, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii meridionalis
    Bourret, 1935
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti
    Klemmer, 1963
  • Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
    — , 1988

Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as Bourret's pitviper,[2] is a subspecies of venomous pitviper, a snake in the family Viperidae.[3] The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology[]

The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[4]

Description[]

The scalation of P. j. bourreti includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range[]

P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan).[2] The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).[1]

Taxonomy[]

The scientific name, P. j. bourreti (Klemmer, 1963), is a replacement name for Trimeresurus j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 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).
  2. ^ a b c , , Orlov NL, Captain A, (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. ^ "Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  4. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, p. 35).

Further reading[]

  • Bourret R (1935). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine français. No. IX. Les Serpents de Chapa ". Bull. Gén. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 5–17. (Trimeresurus jerdonii meridionalis, new subspecies, p. 14). (in French).
  • Klemmer K (1963). "Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen: Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae und Crotalidae ". In: Elwert (1963). Die Giftschlangen der Erde. Wirkung und Antigenitat der Gifte Therapie von Giftschlangbissen. 464 pp. (Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti, replacement name). (in German).



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