Tropidolaemus philippensis

Tropidolaemus philippensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Tropidolaemus
Species: Tropidolaemus philippensis

Name

Tropidolaemus philippensis (Gray, 1842)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.67, ♀, collected by H. Cuming between 1836–1840.
• Type locality: “Philippine Islands”.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus philippensis Gray, 1842: 48 [original combination]
• Tropidolaemus philippensis — Vogel, David, Lutz, Rooijen & Vidal, 2007: 10 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of Rattle snakes, or Family of Crotalidae. Zoological Miscellany. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co.: London. 2: 47–51. BHL Reference page. 
• Vogel, G., David, P., Lutz, M., van Rooijen, J. & Vidal, N. 2007. Revision of the Tropidolaemus wagleri-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). I. Definition of included taxa and redescription of Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827). Zootaxa 1644(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1644.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidolaemus philippensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2019.
• Diesmos, A.C., Sanguila, T., Delima, E.M., Santos, G. & Sy, E. 2022. IUCN: Tropidolaemus philippensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T199807A2612507. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199807A2612507.en. Accessed on 14 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: South Philippine Temple Pitviper