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Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Higher classification
  
Trimeresurus jerdonii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Viperidae

Rank
  
Subspecies

Scientific name
  
Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti

Similar
  
Trimeresurus jerdonii, Trimeresurus, Snake, Vipers, Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas

Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to Vietnam.

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Etymology

The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.

Description

The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.

Geographic range

It is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan). The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).

Taxonomy

T. j. bourreti Klemmer, 1963, is a replacement name for T. j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.

References

Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti Wikipedia