Trimeresurus flavomaculatus

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. flavomaculatus

Binomial name

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
(Gray, 1842)

Synonyms

Megaera flavomaculatus - Gray, 1842
Megaera ornata - Gray, 1842
Megaera variegata - Gray, 1842
Parias flavomaculatus - Gary, 1849
Parias ornata - Gary, 1849
Parias variegata - Gary, 1849
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus - Günther, 1879
Trimeresurus Schadenbergi - Fischer, 1885
Lachesis flavomaculatus - Boulenger, 1896
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus flavomaculatus - Leviton, 1961^[1]

Common names: Philippine pitviper.^[2]

Trimeresurus flavomaculatus is a venomous pitviper species found in the Philippines. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.^[3]

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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 "Philippene Islands." Leviton (1964) proposed that this be restricted to "Luzon Island."^[1]

Subspecies

Subspecies^[3]	Authority^[3]	Common name	Geographic range
T. f. flavomaculatus	(Gray, 1842)	Philippine pitviper^[2]	Philippine islands of Agutayan, Bohol, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Panay.^[2]
T. f. halieus	Griffin, 1910		The Philippenes on the island of Polillo.^[1]
T. f. mcgregori	Taylor, 1919	McGregor's pitviper^[2]	The Philippenes on the Batanes Islands.^[2]

Taxonomy

Gumprecht (2001, 2002) moves T. f. halieus to the synonymy of T. f. flavomaculatus.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c Trimeresurus flavomaculatus (TSN 634912). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 3 August 2007.