Trimeresurus malcolmi

Trimeresurus malcolmi
Trimeresurus malcolmi from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. malcolmi
Binomial name
Trimeresurus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938
Synonyms
Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi — Golay et al., 1993[2] Parias malcolmi — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Parias) malcolmi — David et al., 2011[3]

Trimeresurus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper species^[4] found in East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper,^[5] Malcolm's tree viper,^[6] and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper.^[7]

Etymology

The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.^[8]

Description

Scalation includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/61-64 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 8-9 supralabial scales. It can also wiggle it's tail back and forth when threatened.

Common names

Malcolm's pitviper,^[5] Malcolm's tree viper,^[6] Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper.^[7]

Geographic range

Found in East Malaysia at 1,000-1,600 m elevation (3,280-5,250 feet). The type locality given is "Sungii River, near Bundutuan, Mount Kinabalu, British North Borneo Sabah, at an altitude circa 3,000 feet [914 m]".^[2]

References

1. Das, I.; Vogel, G.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M.; Iskandar, D.; Lilley, R.; Dehling, M. (2013). "Trimeresurus malcolmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T191978A44273636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T191978A44273636.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. "Trimeresurus malcolmi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. "Trimeresurus malcolmi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
5. Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. [First Edition]. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
6. Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
7. Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
8. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus malcolmi, pp. 166, 247).

Further reading

• Loveridge, A. 1938. New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51: 43–45. ("Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi, subsp. nov.", p. 45.)

External links

• Trimeresurus malcolmi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 December 2012.