''Trimeresurus flavomaculatus halieus'' is a
venomous pitviper
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . crotaline snakes (from grc, κρόταλον ''krotalon'' castanet), or pit adders, are a subfa ...
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
to the
Philippines.
Geographic range
It is found in the
Philippines on the island of
Polillo. The
type locality given is "Island of Polillo, P.I." (= Philippine Islands).
Taxonomy
Gumprecht (2001, 2002) relegated this subspecies to the synonymy of ''
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
''Trimeresurus flavomaculatus'' (Philippine pit viper)Gumprecht A, Tillack F, :fr:Nikolaï Orlov, Orlov NL, Ashok Captain, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pit vipers''. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. . is a venomous snake, venomous ...
''.
[Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, ]Captain A
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, Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. .
References
Further reading
* Griffin, L.E. 1910. A list of snakes from the island of Polillo, P. I., with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Philippine Journal of Science 5 (4): 211–217.
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