Trimeresurus malcolmi

Short description: Species of snake

Trimeresurus malcolmi

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]

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Description
* 3 Common names
* 4 Geographic range
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading
* 7 External links

## Etymology

The specific name, malcolmi, is in honor of United Kingdom 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.[5]

## 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/191978/44273636. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635284. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN:0-8069-6460-X.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.

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