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A contribution to the systematics of two commonly confused pitvipers from the Sunda Region: Trimeresurus hageni and T. sumatranus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2002

K. L. SANDERS ,
A. MALHOTRA  and
R. S. THORPE
K. L. SANDERS
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, Wales, UK.
A. MALHOTRA
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, Wales, UK.
R. S. THORPE
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, Wales, UK.
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Abstract

The systematics of two Southeast Asian green pitviper species, Trimeresurus hageni and T. sumatranus, are investigated by canonical variate analysis. Preliminary results reveal two morphological forms corresponding to mainly T. hageni in West Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore and T. sumatranus in Borneo. Allopatric populations of both taxa are examined from Sumatra. Geographic variation is present in both species, which are distinguished mainly by head scalation, but also by colour and pattern.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Zoology Series , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , 28 November 2002 , pp. 107 - 111
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© Natural History Museum, 2002

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