Trimeresurus fasciatus

Trimeresurus fasciatus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Djampea Island, Indonesia. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[3] Common names include: banded pitviper^[4] and banded tree viper.^[5]

Trimeresurus fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. fasciatus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus fasciatus (Boulenger, 1896)
Synonyms
Lachesis fasciatus Boulenger, 1896 Trimeresurus gramineus fasciatus – Dunn, 1927 [Trimeresurus] fasciatus – Maslin, 1924[1] Cryptelytrops fasciatus – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) fasciatus – David et al., 2011[2]

Description

Scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 158-160/159-163 ventral scales in males/females, 63-65/61 subcaudal scales, and 9 or 10 (less frequently 11) supralabial scales.^[4]

The type specimen is 45.5 cm (17.9 in) in total length, which includes a tail 8 cm (3.1 in) long.^[6]

Geographic range

It is found only on Djampea Island, Indonesia. The type locality given is "Jampea Island" (Djampea, Indonesia). The catalogue entry at the British Museum of Natural History lists the type locality as "Jampea Id., between Celebes and Flores".^[1]