Craspedocephalus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's pit viper,[4] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to islands off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
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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: | Craspedocephalus |
| Species: | C. brongersmai
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| Craspedocephalus brongersmai Hoge, 1969
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Etymology
editThe specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[6]
Description
editScalation of C. brongersmai includes 19 (or 21) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 136-150 ventral scales, 41-48 divided subcaudal scales, and 9-10 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
editCraspedocephalus brongersmai is found in Indonesia, on the Mentawai islands of Siberut and Simeulue, which are located off the west coast of Sumatra.[1]
The type locality given is "Lugu, Simalur, Sumatra" [= Lugu, Simeulue Island, Indonesia].[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. brongersmai is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of C. brongersmai is unknown.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Vogel, G.; Iskandar, D. (2012). "Trimeresurus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178541A1538501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178541A1538501.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b Species Craspedocephalus brongersmai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
- ^ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ^ "Trimeresurus brongersmai ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 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 brongersmai, p. 39).
Further reading
edit- David P, Vogel G, Dubois A (2011). "On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)". Zootaxa 2992: 1-51.
- Hoge AR (1969). "Um novo Trimeresurus de Simalur, Sumatra (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Ciência e Cultura, São Paulo 21 (2): 459–460. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, new species). (in Portuguese).
- Hoge AR, De Lemos Romano SA (1974). "Notes on Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 38: 147–158.
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