Trimeresurus insularis
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Trimeresurus insularis or Indonesian pit viper, Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper, Sunda white-lipped pit viper, red-tailed pit viper is a venomous pit viper species found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.[1][2]
Description
The scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 156–164/156–167 ventral scales in males/females, 70–75/54–59 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 7–12 supralabial scales.[3] Their color patterns are often found to be green or blue-green, with specific populations even containing yellow variants as well.[4]
Geographic range
It is found in Indonesia on eastern Java, Adonara, Alor, Bali, Flores, Komodo, Lombok, Padar, Rinca, Romang, Roti, Sumba, Sumbawa, Timor, Wetar, and East Timor.[1][2] The type locality given is "Soe, Timor".[5][2] They are arboreal[2][6] and can be found in dry monsoon forests at elevations up to Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.[1][6]
References
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- ↑ a b c d Trimeresurus insularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 April 2021.
- ↑ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. Template:ISBN.
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Further reading
- Kramer, E. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Rev. suisse Zool. 84 (3): 721–761. (Trimeresurus albolabris insularis, p. 755.)