Tropidolaemus wagleri

Tropidolaemus wagleri
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Tropidolaemus
Species:	T. wagleri
Binomial name
Tropidolaemus wagleri (F. Boie, 1827)
Synonyms
C[ophias]. Wagleri H. Boie, 1826 (nomen nudum) [Cophias] Wagleri F. Boie, 1827 (nomen conservandum) Tropidolaemus wagleri – Wagler, 1830 Trigonoc[ephalus]. wagleri – Schlegel, 1837 Trimesurus maculatus Gray, 1842 Trimesurus Philippensis Gray, 1842 Trimesurus subannulatus Gray, 1842 Trigonocephalus Wagleri var. Celebensis Gray, 1849 Trigonocephalus Wagleri var. Sumatrensis Gray, 1849 Tropidolaemus hombronii Guichenot In Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853 Tropidolaemus wagleri – A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Tropidolaemus hombroni – A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Tropidolaemus Schlegelii Bleeker, 1857 T[rigonocephalus]. Hombroni – Jan, 1859 Tropidolaemus Philippensis – W. Peters, 1861 Tropidolaemus subannulatus – W. Peters, 1861 Trimeresurus wagleri – Günther, 1864 Tropidolaemus Schlegeli – Theobald, 1868 Tropidolaemus subannulatus var. celebensis – W. Peters, 1872 Tropidolaemus subannulatus var. immaculatus W. Peters, 1872 Bothrops Wagleri – F. Müller, 1880 Lachesis wagleri – Boulenger, 1896 Trimeresurus wagleri alboviridis Taylor, 1917 Trimeresurus philippensis – Taylor, 1922 Trimeresurus wagleri wagleri – Taylor, 1922 Trimeresurus wagleri philippensis – Taylor, 1922 Trimeresurus wagleri subannulatus – Taylor, 1922 [Bothrops] philippensis – Maslin, 1942 Tropidolaemus wagleri – & Romano-Hoge, 1981 Tropidolaemus philippinensis – David & Vogel, 1996 Trimesurus [sic] philippinensis – David & Vogel, 1996 (ex errore) Trimeresurus philippinensis – David & Vogel, 1996 Tropidolaemus wagleri – David & Vogel, 1996

Tropidolaemus wagleri is a venomous pitviper species native to South-East Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized. It is sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia.

The specific name, wagleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Georg Wagler.

This species is sexually dimorphic: the females grow to approximately 1 m (39 ¹⁄₄ in) in total length, while males typically do not exceed 75 cm (29 ¹⁄₂ in). They have a large triangular-shaped head, with a relatively thin body. They are almost entirely arboreal, and the tail is prehensile to aid in climbing.

They are found in a wide variety of colors and patterns, often referred to as "phases". In the past, some researchers classified the different phases as subspecies. The phases vary greatly from having a black or brown coloration as a base, with orange and yellow banding to others having a light green as the base color, with yellow or orange banding, and many variations therein.

Wagler's pit viper, temple viper, temple pit viper, bamboo snake, temple snake, speckled pit viper, temple pitviper.

Found in southern Vietnam from the provinces of Minh Hai and Song Be, in southern Thailand recorded from the provinces of Phang Nga, Pattani, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Tammarat, Narathiwat, and Yala, probably distributed throughout the Peninsula in west Malaysia, as well as the island of Penang, in Singapore and in Indonesia on Sumatra, the islands of the Riau Archipelago, Bangka, Billiton, Nias, the Mentawai Islands (Siberut), Natuna, and Karimata. "In a revision by Vogel et al. (2007) the Tropidolaemus wagleri species complex was differentiated into several taxa, including the resurrection of T. subannulatus. The Western Philippine populations belong to T. subannulatus, but those from Mindanao include snakes assigned to both this species and T. philippensis. Tropidolaemus subannulatus has a wide distribution in Central Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines, T[ropidolaemus] wagleri is restricted to mainland Southeast Asia, down to Sumatra and Bangka, West Indonesia."

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