Craspedocephalus brongersmai
Craspedocephalus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's pit viper,[4] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to islands off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Craspedocephalus |
| Species: | C. brongersmai |
| Binomial name | |
| Craspedocephalus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[6]
Description
Scalation of C. brongersmai includes 19 (or 21) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 136-150 ventral scales, 41-48 divided subcaudal scales, and 9-10 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
Craspedocephalus brongersmai is found in Indonesia, on the Mentawai islands of Siberut and Simeulue, which are located off the west coast of Sumatra.[1]
The type locality given is "Lugu, Simalur, Sumatra" [= Lugu, Simeulue Island, Indonesia].[2]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of C. brongersmai is unknown.[3]
References
- Vogel, G.; Iskandar, D. (2012). "Trimeresurus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178541A1538501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178541A1538501.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- Species Craspedocephalus brongersmai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
- 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 brongersmai ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 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. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, p. 39).
Further reading
- David P, Vogel G, Dubois A (2011). "On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae)". Zootaxa 2992: 1-51.
- Hoge AR (1969). "Um novo Trimeresurus de Simalur, Sumatra (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Ciência e Cultura, São Paulo 21 (2): 459–460. (Trimeresurus brongersmai, new species). (in Portuguese).
- Hoge AR, De Lemos Romano SA (1974). "Notes on Trimeresurus brongersmai Hoge, 1969 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 38: 147–158.