Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

JStroud · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

Now see if you'd made it this big, I would have got it Rolling Eyes

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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Excuses, excuses lol

Stumped on that other one..Random guess being rough scaled viper, atheris squaminger - just describing it Laughing

try this:
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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Had another look at it..
Atheris Hispidus?
the Hairy bush viper
....... ^^^^^^ Trust you! Razz

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JStroud · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject:

It was Atheris hispida, not too sure on your one...definately a Trimeresurus spp. but not sure which one, possibly albolabris but will have a better look later. The whole Trimeresurus complex is screwed up anyway, really needs a sort out Cool

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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Yay!

I'll give you a clue, it is in a genus that used to be called Trimeresurus popeiorum Wink

It is a fairly new species Wink

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JStroud · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject:

The genus is Trimeresurus, the species is popeiorum Wink

Worked with a group of wc "Pope's" and none of them looked anything like each other physiologically so hasn't surprised me they've all been reclassified Rolling Eyes

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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Popeia inornata Wink

http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/~bss024/pdfs/2004/Sanders%20RJH%202004.pdf

We describe a new species of green pitviper from Southeast Asia. This species is a member of the genus Popeia
(formerly known as the Trimeresurus popeiorum complex), and is distinguished from congeners by a combination
of morphological and molecular characters. These include the absence of a red lateral stripe in adult males,
low ventral scale counts and green eye coloration in males and females, and five fixed nucleotide differences in a
720 base pair fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. The new species is known only from the
Cameron Highlands range in West Malaysia, where it was found between 1200 – 2000 m above sea level in or
near undisturbed evergreen rainforest.
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JStroud · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

Why do you think I live in North Wales now Wink

....worst thing is I think I've been shown these Embarassed

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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

lol,

see my new thread to continue this...thing.

The competition area...
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