''Trimeresurus vogeli'',
commonly known as the Vogel's pit viper,
[ www.reptile-database.org.] is a
venomous pitviper species native to
Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''vogeli'', is in honor of
German herpetologist species:Gernot Vogel.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. (''Viridovipera vogeli'', p. 276).]
Geographic range
''T. vogeli'' is found in
Cambodia,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
Thailand, and
Vietnam.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''T. vogeli'' are forest and savanna, at altitudes of .
Description
''T. vogeli'' is large for its genus, and exhibits definite sexual dimorphism. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Females are longer, and may exceed in SVL.[
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Reproduction
''T. vogeli'' is viviparous.[
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References
Further reading
* Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). ''A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand''. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. (hardcover), (paperback). (''Viridovipera vogeli'', p. 288).
*David P
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, Vidal N, Pauwels OSG (2001). "A Morphological Study of Stejneger's Pitviper ''Trimeresurus stejnegeri'' (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the Description of a New Species from Thailand". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' 8 (3): 205–222. (''Trimeresurus vogeli'', new species).
* Malhotra A, Thorpe RA (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. (''Viridovipera vogeli'', new combination).
vogeli
Reptiles described in 2001
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