Trimeresurus mcgregori

Trimeresurus mcgregori
	Captive bred adult female
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. mcgregori
Binomial name
	Trimeresurus mcgregori; Taylor, 1919
Synonyms
	Trimeresurus mcgregori ; Taylor, 1919; Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori — , 1961; Trimeresurus mcgregori ; — , 2001; Parias flavomaculatus mcgregori ; — & , 2004; Trimeresurus mcgregori ; — , 2007; Parias mcgregori ; — Orlov et al., 2009; Trimeresurus (Parias) mcgregori — et al., 2011;

Trimeresurus mcgregori, commonly known as the McGregor's pit viper^[4] or the Batanes pit viper, is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[5] ^[4] endemic to the Philippines.

Etymology[]

The specific name, mcgregori, is in honor of Richard Crittenden McGregor (1871-1936), who collected the type specimen,^[6] and survived its bite.^[7]

Description[]

The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-172/173-178 (or 169-172/168-178) ventral scales in males/females, 62-66/58-60 (or 63-69/56-62) subcaudal scales in males/females, and 10-11 supralabial scales.^[4]

Geographic range[]

Found in the Philippines on the Batanes Islands. The type locality given is "Batan Island, Batanes Group, (lying between Luzon and Formosa)" (Philippine Islands).^[2]

Taxonomy[]

Re-elevated to a full species, Trimeresurus mcgregori, by Gumprecht (2001, 2002).^[4]

References[]

^ "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/169876/0
^ ^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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gumprecht A, Tillack F, , Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4
^ "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus mcgregori, p. 173).
^ Taylor (1919), p. 112.

External links[]

Trimeresurus mcgregori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 August 2008.

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[iucn-1] "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/169876/0

[McD99-2] 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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[3] "Trimeresurus mcgregori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[Gum04-4] Gumprecht A, Tillack F, , Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4

[ITIS-5] "Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

[6] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus mcgregori, p. 173).

[7] Taylor (1919), p. 112.

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