Phylum Chordata Suborder Serpentes Genus Trimeresurus Rank Species | ||
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Scientific name Trimeresurus flavomaculatus Lower classifications Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori, Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus | ||
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus (Philippine pit viper) is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Philippines. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
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Description
According to Leviton (1964), the scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-178/175-184 ventral scales in males/females, 62-71/58-63 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales of which the 3rd is the largest. Toriba and Sawai (1990) give 167-179/172-184 ventral scales in males/females, 56-70/53-63 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-10/9-12 supralabial scales in males/females.
Geographic range
Found on the Philippine islands of Agutayan, Batan, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, and Polillo. The type locality given is "Philippine Islands". Leviton (1964) proposed that this be restricted to "Luzon Island".
Taxonomy
Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegates T. f. halieus to synonymy and elevates T. f. mcgregori to a full species.
