Bourret's pitviper
Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as Bourret's pitviper, is a subspecies of venomous pitviper, a snake in the family Viperidae. The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.
The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
Venom is a type of poison, especially one secreted by an animal. It is delivered in a bite, sting, or similar action. Venom has evolved in terrestr...
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starts withThe scalation of P. j. bourreti includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.
P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan). The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).
