Trimeresurus insularis

Species of snake

Trimeresurus insularis

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Viperidae
Genus:  | Trimeresurus
Species:  |

T. insularis

Binomial name
Trimeresurus insularis

Kramer, 1977

Synonyms

* Trimeresurus albolabris insularis Kramer, 1977[2]
* Cryptelytrops insularis
– Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
* Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) insularis – David et al., 2011[3]

Trimeresurus insularis or Indonesian pit viper, Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper, Sunda white-lipped pit viper, red-tailed pit viper is a venomous pit viper species found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.[1][3]

## Description

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The scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 156–164/156–167 ventral scales in males/females, 70–75/54–59 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 7–12 supralabial scales.[4] Their color patterns are often found to be green or blue-green, with specific populations even containing yellow variants as well.[5]

* In Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

## Geographic range

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It is found in Indonesia on eastern Java, Adonara, Alor, Bali, Flores, Komodo, Lombok, Padar, Rinca, Romang, Roti, Sumba, Sumbawa, Timor, Wetar, and East Timor.[1][3] The type locality given is "Soe, Timor".[2][3] They are arboreal[3][6] and can be found in dry monsoon forests at elevations up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level.[1][6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Reilly, S.; Auliya, M.; Iskandar, D.; Vogel, G.; Lilley, R. (2021). "Trimeresurus insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178038A1525328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178038A1525328.en. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. ^ a b c d e Trimeresurus insularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 April 2021.
4. ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
5. ^ Jones, Brenda Kathryn; Saviola, Anthony J.; Reilly, Sean B.; Stubbs, Alexander L.; Arida, Evy; Iskandar, Djoko T.; McGuire, Jimmy A.; Yates, John R.; Mackessy, Stephen P. (2019-05-03). "Venom composition in a phenotypically variable pit viper (Trimeresurus insularis) across the Lesser Sunda Archipelago". Journal of Proteome Research. 18 (5): 2206–2220\. doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00077. PMID 30958009. S2CID 102347816.
6. ^ a b McAllister, Chris T.; Bursey, Charles R.; Hartdegen, Ruston (January 2019). "Polydelphis anoura Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Ascaridae) from the White-lipped Island Pitviper, Trimeresurus insularis (Ophidia: Viperidae), from Wetar Island, Indonesia". Comparative Parasitology. 86 (1): 61–64\. doi:10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.61. S2CID 92142125.

## Further reading

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* Kramer, E. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Rev. suisse Zool. 84 (3): 721–761. (Trimeresurus albolabris insularis, p. 755.)

Taxon identifiers

Trimeresurus insularis|

* Wikidata: Q32809
* Wikispecies: Trimeresurus insularis
* CoL: 7D5ML
* GBIF: 2444811
* iNaturalist: 146509
* IRMNG: 11242669
* ITIS: 1058477
* IUCN: 178038
* NCBI: 174297
* RD: insularis

Trimeresurus albolabris insularis|

* Wikidata: Q20972163
* GBIF: 6157478
* ITIS: 635220

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