Trimeresurus hageni (LIDTH DE JEUDE, 1886)

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Indonesian Pit Viper, Hagen’s pitviper G: Hagens Bambusotter
Synonym	Bothrops hageni LIDTH DE JEUDE 1886: 54 Bothrops hageni - HAGEN 1890 Lachesis hageni - LIDTH DE JEUDE 1922 Trimeresurus hageni - BRONGERSMA 1933 Trimeresurus erythrurus var. ? (nec Trigonocephalus erythrurus CANTOR 1839) - MÜLLER 1887 Lachesis sumatranus (nec Coluber sumatranus RAFFLES 1822) - BOULENGER 1896 Trimeresurus sumatranus (RAFFLES 1822) (partim) - TAYLOR 1965 Trimeresurus hageni — GRANDISON 1972: 93 Trimeresurus hageni — WELCH 1994: 115 Trimeresurus hageni — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 408 Trimeresurus hageni — COX et al. 1998: 22 Trimeresurus hageni — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 335 Parias hageni — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004 Trimeresurus (Parias) hageni — DAVID et al. 2011
Distribution	Indonesia (Batu, Bangka, Mentawai, Nias, Simalur = Simeulue, Sumatra), W Malaysia, S Thailand Type locality: Sumatra and the island of Banka. [= Bangka] Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types
Comment	Venomous! Has been confused with T. sumatranus.
References	Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp. DAVID, PATRICK; GERNOT VOGEL & ALAIN DUBOIS 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 - get paper here David,P. & Vogel,G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M. Grandison, A.G.C. 1972. The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 5. Reptiles and amphibians of Gunong Benom with a description of a new species of Macrocalamus. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 23: 45-101. Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004. Asian pitvipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp. Gumprecht,A. 2001. Die Bambusottern der Gattung Trimeresurus Lacépède Teil IV: Checkliste der Trimeresurus-Arten Thailands. Sauria 23 (2): 25-32 - get paper here Guo, P.; Jadin, R.C.; Malhotra, A. & Li, C. 2009. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica 91: 402-407 Lidth DE JEUDE, T.W. VAN 1922. Snakes from Sumatra. Zool. Meded., Leiden, 6: 239-253. - get paper here Lidth de Jeude,T. W. van 1886. Note X. On Cophias wagleri BOIE and Coluber sumatranus RAFFLES. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 43-54 - get paper here Malhotra, Anita & Thorpe, Roger S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 83 –100 [erratum p. 680] - get paper here Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Orlov, N.; Ananjeva, N.; Barabanov, A.; Ryabov, S. & Khalikov, R. 2002. Diversity of vipers (Azemiopinae, Crotalinae) in East, Southeast, and South Asia: annotated checklist and natural history data (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 23: 177-218 Ryabov, Sergei A., Nicolai L. Orlov, Dmitry J. Panteleev and Konstantin A. Shiryaev. 2003. Trimeresurus hageni, Trimeresurus puniceus, and Trimeresurus sumatranus (Ophidia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): The data on reproductive biology and methods of captive breeding in laboratory conditions. Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (3): 243-254 [2002] - get paper here Vonk, F.J. et al. 2008. Evolutionary origin and development of snake fangs. Nature 454: 630-633
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