Trimeresurus popeiorum barati

Trimeresurus popeiorum barati, commonly known as the Barat bamboo pitviper,[4] is a venomous pitviper subspecies[5] endemic to Indonesia.

Trimeresurus popeiorum barati
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
Subspecies:
T. p. barati
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus popeiorum 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[3]

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 (Barat District), the Mentawai Archipelago (on Siberut, North Pagai and South Pagai), and Simeulue (Simalur). The type locality given is "Solok, Sumatra".[2]

References

  1. Iskandar, D.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M. (2012). "Popeia barati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191923A2015984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191923A2015984.en. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  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. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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.
  5. "Trimeresurus popeorum barati". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

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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