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:Common names: Brown Spotted Pit Viper,〔Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.〕 Pointed-Scaled Pit Viper,〔U.S. Navy. 1991. ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.〕 more.'' :Chinese name: 龜殼花 ''Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus'' is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized. ==Description== Males grow to a maximum total length of with a tail length of . Females grow to a maximum total length of with a tail length of .〔Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar, Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54 (24): 407-462.〕 The hemipenes are spinose.〔 Scalation: dorsal scales in 25 longitudinal rows at midbody; scales on upper surface of head, small, each scale keeled posteriorly; internasals 5-10 times size of adjacent scales, separated by 3-4 scales; supraoculars, long, narrow, undivided, 14-16 small interoculars in line between them; 2 scales on line between upper preocular and nasal scale; 9-11 upper labials, first upper labial separated from nasal by suture; 2-3 small scales between upper labials and subocular; 2-3 rows of temporal scales above upper labials smooth, above those scales keeled; ventrals 200-218; subcaudals 76-91, all paired.〔 Color pattern: grayish or olive brown above, with dorsal series of large brown, black-edged spots or blotches, and a lateral series of smaller spots; head above brownish, below whitish; belly whitish but heavily powdered with light brown; tail brownish (possibly pink in life (M.A. Smith 1943:507 )), with series of dark dorsal spots.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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