Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti


Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as Bourret's pitviper, is a subspecies of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology

The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.

Description

The scalation of P. j. bourreti includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.

Geographic range

P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam, and possibly also in adjacent China]. The type locality given is "Chapa".

Taxonomy

The scientific name, P. j. bourreti, is a replacement name for Trimeresurus j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.