Trimeresurus fasciatus
| Trimeresurus fasciatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus fasciatus (Boulenger, 1896)
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Trimeresurus fasciatus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Djampea Island, Indonesia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3] Common names include: banded pitviper[4] and banded tree viper.[5]
Description
Scalation includes 21 rows of
supralabial scales.[4]
The type specimen is 45.5 cm (17.9 in) in total length, which includes a tail 8 cm (3.1 in) long.[6]
Geographic range
It is found only on
type locality given is "Jampea Island" (Djampea, Indonesia). The catalogue entry at the British Museum of Natural History lists the type locality as "Jampea Id., between Celebes and Flores".[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-893777-01-4(volume).
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Trimeresurus fasciatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
- ^ Boulenger. 1896. p. 64.
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians obtained by Mr. Alfred Everett in Celebes and Jampea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 18: 62–64. (Lachesis fasciatus, pp. 63–64.)
External links
- Trimeresurus fasciatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 November 2012.
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