Trimeresurus sabahi

Trimeresurus sabahi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Subgenus: Trimeresurus (Popeia)
Species: Trimeresurus sabahi
Subspecies (5): T. s. barati – T. s. buniana – T. s. fucatus – T. s. sabahi – T. s. toba

Name

Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981

• Holotype: MCZ 43608, ♂, collected by J.A. Griswold in 6 August 1937.
• Type locality: “Mount Kinabalu, Kulapis River, British North Borneo”.

References

Primary references

• Regenass, U. & Kramer, E. 1981. Zur Systematik der grünen Grubenottern der Gattung Trimeresurus (Serpentes, Crotalidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 88(1): 163–205. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wostl, E., Sidik, I., Trilaksono, W., Shaney, K.J., Kurniawan, N. & Smith, E.N. 2016. The Taxonomic Status of the Sumatran Pitviper Trimeresurus (Popeia) toba David, Petri, Vogel & Doria, 2009 (Squamata: Viperidae) and the Status of Populations Within the Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum Species Complex of Southeast Asia. Journal of Herpetology 50(4): 631–644. DOI: 10.1670/15-045 Reference page. 
• Mulcahy, D.G., Lee, J.L., Miller, A.H. & Zug, G.R. 2017. Troublesome Trimes: Potential cryptic speciation of the Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum complex (Serpentes: Crotalidae) around the Isthmus of Kra (Myanmar and Thailand). Zootaxa 4347(2): 301–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.6 Reference page. 
• Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Chanhome, L., Mirza, Z.A., David, P., Vogel, G. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Trimeresurus popeiorum group of pitvipers (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 303–342. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e113347 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sabah Bamboo Pitviper