Tropidolaemus philippensis (GRAY, 1842)
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Tropidolaemus philippensis
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: South Philippine temple pitviper G: Südphilippinische Tempelviper |
| Synonym | Trimeresurus philippensis GRAY 1842: 48 Trimeresurus hombroni JACQUINOT & GUICHENOT 1848 Tropidolaemus philippinensis — PETERS 1861 (unjustified emendation) Trimeresurus hombroni — BOETTGER 1886 Trimeresurus philippensis — TAYLOR 1922 Trimeresurus philippensis — MASLIN 1942 Tropidolaemus philippinensis — VOGEL et al. 2007 Tropidolaemus philippensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 748 |
| Distribution | Philippines (W Mindanao) Type locality: “The Philippines” |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.67 (female). Coll. by H. Cuming (specimen listed as Tropidolaemus wagleri in BMNH catalog) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Tropidolaemus, characterized by (1) the internasals separated by 1 or 2 scales; (2) only 6–7 cephalic scales between the middle of the supraoculars at both sexes; (3) 18–19 MSR in both sexes, smooth or weakly keeled; (4) 7–8 SL on each side, or a total number of 15–16 supralabials in both sexes; (5) 0, rarely 1 scale, between 3rd SL and subocular in both sexes; (6) 4–5 scales on the snout in both sexes; (7) a total number of 16–17 infralabials in both sexes; (8) a greenish-turquoise body background coloration in males, seemingly more green in females; (9) dorsal blotches on the body, black with unfilled dorsals so some kind of net is visible; (10) a black or rarely white postocular stripe in both sexes; (11) belly uniform in both sexes; (12) VEN: 131–135 in males and 129 in the sole available preserved female specimen, SC: 45–46 in males and 44 in a female; (13) tail moderate in males and females, with a ratio TaL/TL between 0.143 and 0.155, without sexual dimorphism; (14) occipital scales weekly keeled in males and strongly keeled, like partly raised in females (from VOGEL et al. 2007). |
| Comment | Venomous! Trimeresurus philippensis (Gray, 1842) was synonymised with Lachesis wagleri by Boulenger (1896: 562). Trimeresurus philippensis was placed in the synonymy of Tropidolaemus wagleri by Leviton (1964). Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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