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Tropidolaemus philippensis is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae, the pit vipers. It is endemic to western Mindanao and some portions of western Leyte, the Philippines. Its common name is South Philippine temple pit viper. [1] Tropidolaemus philippensis is viviparous. Males have a greenish-turquoise body background ...
Trimeresurus mcgregori, commonly known as McGregor's pit viper [4] or the Batanes pit viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] The species is endemic to the Philippines .
The Bornean keeled green pit viper or North Philippine temple pit viper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus) is a pit viper species native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Until 2007, this species was considered part of the Tropidolaemus wagleri species complex .
Synopsis of the species of Rattle-Snakes, or Family of CROTALIDAE. Zoological Miscellany 2: 47–51. ("Magæra flavomaculatus", p. 49.) Leviton, A.E. 1964. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, V. The snakes of the genus Trimeresurus. Philippine Journal of Science 93: 251–276.
The Western Philippine populations belong to T. subannulatus, but those from Mindanao include snakes assigned to both this species and T. philippensis. Tropidolaemus subannulatus has a wide distribution in Central Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines, the Wagler's Pit Viper is restricted to mainland Southeast Asia, down to Sumatra and Bangka ...
Hutton's pit viper The High Wavy Mountains in Madurai district, southern India. T. laticinctus (Kuch, Gumprecht & Melaun, 2007) Broad-banded temple pit viper Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. T. philippensis (Gray, 1842) South Philippine temple pit viper Philippines (western Mindanao) T. subannulatus (Gray, 1842) Bornean keeled green pit viper
This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as viperines, true vipers, pitless vipers or Old World vipers. It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999) [ 1 ] and ITIS .
Studies have indicated these snakes learn to improve their strike accuracy over time. [11] Many temperate species of pit vipers (e.g. most rattlesnakes) congregate in sheltered areas or "dens" to overwinter (brumate, see hibernation), the snakes benefiting from the combined heat. In cool temperatures and while pregnant, pit vipers also bask on ...