Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as Bourret's pitviper,[2] is a subspecies of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae.[3] The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Protobothrops |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. j. bourreti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti (Klemmer, 1963) | |
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Etymology
The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[4]
Description
The scalation of P. j. bourreti includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]
Geographic range
P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan).[2] The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).[1]
Taxonomy
The scientific name, P. j. bourreti (Klemmer, 1963), is a replacement name for Trimeresurus j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.[1]
References
- McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- "Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, p. 35).
Further reading
- Bourret R (1935). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine français. No. IX. Les Serpents de Chapa ". Bull. Gén. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 5–17. (Trimeresurus jerdonii meridionalis, new subspecies, p. 14). (in French).
- Klemmer K (1963). "Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen: Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae und Crotalidae ". In: Elwert (1963). Die Giftschlangen der Erde. Wirkung und Antigenitat der Gifte Therapie von Giftschlangbissen. 464 pp. (Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti, replacement name). (in German).