Trimeresurus macrolepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Subgenus: Trimeresurus (Peltopelor)
Species: Trimeresurus macrolepis

Name

  • Trimeresurus macrolepis Beddome, 1862: 2

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.72 (formerly BMNH 1861.12.30.80), ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1862. [designated by Toriba in Golay et al. (1993: 101)]

Type locality: “Anaimallai Hills, S. India”.

Paralectotypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.17.75 and BMNH 1946.1.18.83, same locality as lectotype, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1862.

Combinations

  • Peltopelor macrolepis — Günther, 1864: 391 [subsequent designation]
  • Trigonocephalus macrolepis — Ferguson, 1895: 77 [subsequent designation]
  • Lachesis macrolepis — Boulenger, 1896: 560 [subsequent designation]
  • Peltopelor macrolepis — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 [subsequent designation]
  • Trimeresurus (Peltopelor) macrolepis — David et al., 2011 [subsequent designation]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Large-scaled Pit Viper
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