Species of Thailand
Hagen's pit viper
Trimeresurus hageni, Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude, 1886
(In Thai: งูแก้วหางแดง, ngu geow hang daeng)
Trimeresurus hageni, commonly known as the Hagen's pit viper (or Hagen's green pit viper), is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. There are no subspecies which are currently recognized as being valid.
Etymology
The specific name, hageni, is in honor of German naturalist Dr. Bernhard Hagen, who collected mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects in the eastern part of Sumatra.
Description
Scalation of T. hageni includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 176–198 ventral scales, 63–89 subcaudal scales, and 9–12 supralabial scales.
Geographic range
Trimeresurus hageni is found in Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, East Malaysia (Borneo)), Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra and the nearby islands of Bangka, Simalur, Nias, Batu, and the Mentawai Islands).
The type locality given is "Sumatra ... island of Banka". Brongersma (1933) emended this to "Deli, Sumatra".
Reproduction
Trimeresurus hageni is oviparous.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Trimeresurus
- Species
- Trimeresurus hageni
Common names
- German: Hagens Bambusotter
- English:
- Hagen's green pit viper
- Hagen's pitviper
- Thai: งูแก้วหางแดง, ngu geow hang daeng
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Bang Lang National Park
- Betong District, Yala
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Chong
- Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park
- Lan Saka District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Na Thawi District, Songkhla
- Na Yong District, Trang
- Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Sadao District, Songkhla
- San Kala Khiri National Park
- Thale Ban National Park
- Than To Waterfall Forest Park
- Ton Nga-Chang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Waeng District, Narathiwat
- Wang Wiset District, Trang
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