Trimeresurus malcolmi
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Trimeresurus malcolmi is a species of pit viper.[1] The species is native to East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper,[2] Malcolm's tree viper,[3] and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[5]
Description
The scalation of Trimeresurus malcolmi includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 8-9 supralabial scales. It can also wiggle its tail back and forth when threatened.
Common names
Trimeresurus malcolmi is known by several common names, including Kinabalu green pit viper,[6] Malcolm's pitviper,[2] Malcolm's tree viper,[3] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, and Malcolm's pit viper.[4]
Geographic range
Trimeresurus malcolmi is found in East Malaysia at elevations of 1,000–1,600 metres (3,280–5,250 feet). The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bundutuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo Sabah, at an altitude circa 3,000 feet [914 m]".[7]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Trimeresurus malcolmi is forest.[6]
Reproduction
Trimeresurus malcolmi is oviparous.[8]
References
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- ↑ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. [First Edition]. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Brown, John Haynes (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, pp. 166, 247).
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Further reading
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- Loveridge, A. (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51: 43–45. (Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi, new subspecies, p. 45).
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