Common names: Bourret's pitviper.

Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in Vietnam.

Description

The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales and 7-8 supralabial scales.

Geographic range

Found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lao Cai and Lai Chau, and possibly also in adjascent China (Yunnan). The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).

Taxonomy

T. j. bourreti Klemmer, 1963, is a replacement name for T. j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.

See also

• List of crotaline species and subspecies
• Snakebite

References