Trimeresurus malcolmi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Trimeresurus |
Species: | T. malcolmi
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Binomial name | |
Trimeresurus malcolmi
Loveridge, 1938
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Synonyms | |
Trimeresurus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper species [4] found in East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper, [5] Malcolm's tree viper, [6] and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper. [7]
The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith. [8]
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. [5]
Malcolm's pitviper, [5] Malcolm's tree viper, [6] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper. [7]
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 [914 m]". [2]
Trimeresurus malcolmi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Trimeresurus |
Species: | T. malcolmi
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Binomial name | |
Trimeresurus malcolmi
Loveridge, 1938
| |
Synonyms | |
Trimeresurus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper species [4] found in East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper, [5] Malcolm's tree viper, [6] and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper. [7]
The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith. [8]
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. [5]
Malcolm's pitviper, [5] Malcolm's tree viper, [6] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper. [7]
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 [914 m]". [2]