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Trimeresurus malcolmi

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Species of snake

Trimeresurus malcolmi
Trimeresurus malcolmi from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. malcolmi
Binomial name
Trimeresurus malcolmi
Loveridge, 1938
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi
    Loveridge, 1938
  • Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi
    — Golay et al., 1993
  • Parias malcolmi
    — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Parias) malcolmi
    — David et al., 2011

Trimeresurus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper species found in East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper, Malcolm's tree viper, and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper.

Etymology

The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.

Description

Scalation includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 8-9 supralabial scales. It can also wiggle it's tail back and forth when threatened.

Common names

Malcolm's pitviper, Malcolm's tree viper, Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper.

Geographic range

Found in East Malaysia at 1,000-1,600 m elevation (3,280-5,250 feet). The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bundutuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo Sabah, at an altitude circa 3,000 feet ".

References

  1. Das, I.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M.; Iskandar, D.; Lilley, R.; Dehling, M. (2013). "Trimeresurus malcolmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T191978A44273636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T191978A44273636.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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 malcolmi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Trimeresurus malcolmi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  5. ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. . Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  6. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  7. ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
  8. 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 malcolmi, pp. 166, 247).

Further reading

  • Loveridge, A. 1938. New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51: 43–45. ("Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi, subsp. nov.", p. 45.)

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Taxon identifiers
Trimeresurus malcolmi
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi


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