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Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni



Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. purpureomaculatus
Subspecies: T. p. andersoni
Binomial name
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni
Theobald, 1868
Synonyms
  • T[rimeresurus]. Andersoni - Theobald, 1868
  • T[rimeresurus]. obscurus - Theobald, 1868
  • Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. Andersonii - Higgins, 1873
  • Trimeresurus andersonii - Boulenger, 1890
  • Trimeresurus acutimentalis - Werner, 1926
  • Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni - M.A. Smith, 1943[1]
Common names: Nicobar mangrove pit viper,[2] Anderson's pitviper.[3]

Trimeresurus andersonii is a venomous pitviper subspecies[1] found in the Andaman Islands of India.

Contents

Geographic range

Found in the Andaman Islands (India). The type locality: "No record." Given as "Andaman Islands" by Regenass and Kramer (1981).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  3. ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.

Further reading

  • Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77
  • Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
  • Malhotra, A. & R. S. THORPE. 1996 New perspectives on the evolution of south-east Asian Pit Vipers (genus Trimeresurus) from molecular studies. In: Venomous snakes: ecology, evolution and snakebite. pp: 115-128. R. S. Thorpe, W. Wüster and A. Malhotra (eds). The Zoological Society of London/Clarendon Press, Oxford. [1997]
  • Theobald, W. 1868 Cat. Rept. Asiatic Soc. Mus.: 75.
 
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