Trimeresurus whitteni VOGEL, DAVID & SIDIK, 2022
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Trimeresurus whitteni
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Siberut Pitviper Indonesian: Ular Mati Ekor Siberut: Ulou Bopai pai French: Trimérésure de Siberut German: Siberut Grubenotter |
| Synonym | Trimeresurus whitteni VOGEL, DAVID & SIDIK 2022: 70 Trimeresurus hageni — SANDERS et al. 2002: 109 [partim] Trimeresurus hageni — SANDERS et al. 2004: 729 [partim] Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) whitteni— MIRZA et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Siberut Island, West Sumatra Province) Type locality: Saibi Samukop, Siberut Island, Kepulauan Mentawai, Sumatera Barat Province, Indonesia. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MZB.OPHI.2310, adult male, collected by Irvan Sidik and M. Toha in June 1994. Paratypes (6 specimens). CAS SUR 8318, BMNH 1977.1237, RMNH 5517 (all males), BMNH 1979.267–269 (females), all from Siberut Island. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large species of pitviper of the genus Trimeresurus, characterized by the combination of (1) body elongate, head long and massive in adults; (2) an overall green coloration, with irregular areas interstitial skin black and many scales irregularly edged with black producing faint, poorly contrasted crossbands; (3) a white or white and black ventrolateral stripe; (4) a dark postocular streak in most specimens, black and black and red; (5) 21 DSR at midbody; (6) 1st supralabial totally separated from nasal scale; (7) large internasals, always in contact in all examined specimens; (8) 10–11 supralabials, 4th or 4th–5th SL in contact with subocular; (9) supraoculars large but elongate, separated by 7–8 cephalic scales; (10) tail long, with a ratio TaL/TL between 0.191 and 0.209 in males and 0.144 and 0.151 in females; (11) 178–191 VEN; (12) 63–77 SC (males: 74– 77; females: 63–67); (13) eye copper to greenish copper in life; (14) cephalic scales not edged with black; (15) a red or grey postocular streak; (16) venter green, uniform; and (17) tail green as the body anteriorly, with greyish red, salmon, rusty brown or reddish brown blotches, progressively fused posteriorly making the tail entirely red or salmon. (Vogel et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Distribution: The species might also live on Sipora Island, just south of Siberut, from where Dring et al. (1990) reported a pitviper under the name T. sumatranus. See Vogel et al. 2022: 78 (Fig. 13) for a map. |
| Etymology | Named after Mr. Tony Whitten (10 April 1953– 29 November 2017), a leading conservationist and naturalist in Indonesia. |
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