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]
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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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Description
editScalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 158-160/159-163 ventral scales in males/females, 63-65/61 subcaudal scales, and 9 or 10 (less frequently 11) 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
editIt is found only on Djampea Island, Indonesia. The 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
edit- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Trimeresurus fasciatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Boulenger. 1896. p. 64.
Further reading
edit- 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
edit- Trimeresurus fasciatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 November 2012.
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