Trimeresurus whitteni

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: Trimeresurus
Species: Trimeresurus whitteni

Name

Trimeresurus whitteni Vogel, David & Sidik, 2022: 70

• Holotype: MZB.OPHI.2310, adult ♂, collected by Irvan Sidik and M. Toha in June 1994.
• Type locality: “Saibi Samukop, Siberut Island, Kepulauan Mentawai, Sumatera Barat Province, Indonesia”.
• Paratypes (n=6): CAS SUR 8318, BMNH 1977.1237, RMNH 5517 (all ♂), BMNH 1979.267–269 (♀), all from Siberut Island.

References

Primary references

• Vogel, G., David, P. & Sidik, I. 2022. A review of the complex of Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886) (Squamata: Viperidae) with descriptions of three new insular species from Indonesia. Taprobanica 11(2): 54–83. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v11i2.283 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Siberut Pitviper