Trimeresurus sabahi barati

Trimeresurus sabahi barati, commonly known as the Sumatran green pit viper[1] or the Barat bamboo pitviper,[3][4] is a subspecies of Trimeresurus sabahi.[3] The IUCN Red List treats it as a distinct species,[1] and others have considered it subspecies of Trimeresurus popeiorum or Trimeresurus gramineus.[3] It is endemic to Sumatra (Indonesia), including some nearby smaller islands.[1][3]

Trimeresurus sabahi barati
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. sabahi
Subspecies:
T. s. barati
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus sabahi barati
Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati Regenass & Kramer, 1981
  • Trimeresurus gramineus barati – Welch, 1988
  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati – Golay et al., 1993[2]
  • Trimeresurus barati
    – Vogel et al., 2004
  • Popeia popeiorum barati
    – Sanders et al., 2006
  • Trimeresurus barati
    – David et al., 2009
  • Trimeresurus (Popeia) barati – David et al., 2011

Description

The scalation includes 17–19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 142–157/146–160 ventral scales in males/females, 62–72/55–58 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9–11 supralabial scales.[4]

Geographic range

Found in Indonesia on Sumatra and in the Mentawai Archipelago.[1] The type locality given is "Solok, Sumatra".[2][3]

References
  1. Iskandar, D.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M. (2022) [amended version of 2012 assessment]. "Trimeresurus barati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T191923A217765960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T191923A217765960.en. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. Trimeresurus sabahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 September 2022.
  4. Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.

Further reading
  • Regenass, Urs; Kramer, Eugen. 1981. Zur Systematik der grünen Grubenotter der Gattung Trimeresurus (Serpentes, Crotalidae). Rev. Suisse de Zool. 88 (1): 163–205.


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