Trimeresurus mcgregori

Trimeresurus mcgregori

Mcgregor's pit viper, Batanes pit viper

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Trimeresurus mcgregori

Trimeresurus mcgregori, commonly known as the McGregor's pit viper or the Batanes pit viper, is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to the Philippines.

Animal name origin

The specific name, mcgregori, is in honor of Richard Crittenden McGregor (1871-1936), who collected the type specimen, and survived its bite.

Appearance

The scalation includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-172/173-178 (or 169-172/168-178) ventral scales in males/females, 62-66/58-60 (or 63-69/56-62) subcaudal scales in males/females, and 10-11 supralabial scales.

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Found in the Philippines on the Batanes Islands. The type locality given is "Batan Island, Batanes Group, (lying between Luzon and Formosa)" (Philippine Islands).

Trimeresurus mcgregori habitat map
Trimeresurus mcgregori habitat map

References

1. Trimeresurus mcgregori Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimeresurus_mcgregori
2. Trimeresurus mcgregori on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169876/6685177

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