Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi
| Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. sumatranus |
| Subspecies: | T. s. malcolmi |
| Trinomial name | |
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Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 |
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Trimeresurus sumatranus malcolmi is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in East Malaysia.
The subspecific name, malcolmi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.
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.
Malcolm's pitviper, Malcolm's tree viper, Mt. Kinabalu pit viper, Malcolm's pit viper.
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]".
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