Trimeresurus fasciatus

{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox |image = |genus = Trimeresurus |species = fasciatus |authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1896) |synonyms = *''Lachesis fasciatus'' Boulenger, 1896 *''Trimeresurus gramineus fasciatus'' – [[Emmett Reid Dunn|Dunn]], 1927 *[''Trimeresurus''] ''fasciatus'' – Maslin, 1924<ref name=McD99>McDiarmid RW, [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], Touré T. 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref> *''Cryptelytrops fasciatus'' – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 *''Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) fasciatus'' – David et al., 2011<ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> }}

'''''Trimeresurus fasciatus''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[pit viper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Tanah Jampea|Djampea Island]], [[Indonesia]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name=ITIS>{{ITIS|id=634911|taxon=''Trimeresurus fasciatus''|accessdate=28 July 2008}}</ref> [[Common name]]s include: '''banded pitviper'''<ref name=Gum04>Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> and '''banded tree viper'''.<ref name=Bro73>Brown JH. 1973. ''Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes''. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. {{ISBN|0-398-02808-7}}.</ref>

==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]].<ref name=Gum04/>

The type specimen is {{convert|45.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} in total length, which includes a tail {{convert|8|cm|in|abbr=on}} long.<ref>Boulenger. 1896. p. 64.</ref>

==Geographic range== It is found only on [[Tanah Jampea|Djampea Island]], [[Indonesia]]. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "[[Tanah Jampea|Jampea Island]]" (Djampea, Indonesia). The catalogue entry at the [[Natural History Museum, London|British Museum of Natural History]] lists the type locality as "Jampea Id., between [[Sulawesi|Celebes]] and [[Flores]]".<ref name=McD99/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger, G.A.]] 1896. Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians obtained by Mr. Alfred Everett in Celebes and Jampea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, '''18''': 62–64. (''Lachesis fasciatus'', pp. 63–64.)

==External links== *{{NRDB species|genus=Trimeresurus|species=fasciatus|date=18 November|year=2012}} {{Trimeresurus}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3007980}}

[[Category:Reptiles described in 1896]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of Indonesia]] [[Category:Reptiles of Sulawesi]] [[Category:Trimeresurus|fasciatus]] [[Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger]]