Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Crotalinae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Viperidae Genus Trimeresurus Rank Subspecies | |
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Scientific name Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori Higher classification Trimeresurus flavomaculatus Similar Trimeresurus, Trimeresurus flavomaculatus, Vipers, Snake, Reptile | ||
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to the Philippines.
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Etymology
The subspecific name, mcgregori, is in honor of Richard Crittenden McGregor (1871-1936), who collected the type specimen, and survived its bite.
Description
The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-172/173-178 (or 169-172/168-178) ventral scales in males/females, 62-66/58-60 (or 63-69/56-62) subcaudal scales in males/females, and 10-11 supralabial scales.
Geographic range
Found in the Philippines on the Batanes Islands. The type locality given is "Batan Island, Batanes Group, (lying between Luzon and Formosa)" (Philippine Islands).
Taxonomy
Re-elevated to a full species, Trimeresurus mcgregori, by Gumprecht (2001, 2002).
References
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