{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = Trimeresurus schultzei.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Brown, R. |author2=Sy, E. |author3=Dimalibot, J. |date=2009 |title=''Trimeresurus schultzei'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T169843A6681242 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169843A6681242.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Trimeresurus | species = schultzei | authority = Griffin, 1909 | range_map = Trimeresurus schultzei distribution.png | synonyms = * ''Trimeresurus schultzei'' <br /><small>Griffin, 1909</small><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> *''Parias schultzei'' <br /><small>&ndash; Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004</small> *''Trimeresurus (Parias) schultzei'' <small>&ndash; David et al., 2011</small><ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> }}

'''''Trimeresurus schultzei''''', [[common name|commonly known]] as the '''Schultze's pitviper''',<ref name="Gum04">Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Crotalinae|pitviper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Philippines]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634930 |taxon=''Trimeresurus schultzei'' |accessdate=28 July 2008}}</ref>

==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''schultzei'', is in honor of "Mr. W. Schultze" who collected the [[Type (biology)|type specimen]].

==Description== Scalation includes 21 rows of [[dorsal scales]] at midbody, 185-194/192-203 [[ventral scales]] in males/females, 67-78/66-75 [[subcaudal scales]] in males/females, and 9-11 [[supralabial scales]].<ref name="Gum04"/>

==Geographic range== Found in the [[Philippines]] on the islands on [[Palawan]] and [[Balabac Island|Balabac]]. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Iwahig, Palawn" (Palawan Island, Philippines).<ref name="McD99"/>

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==Further reading== *[[Lawrence Edmonds Griffin|Griffin. L.E.]] 1909. A List of Snakes Found in Palawan. Philippine Journ. Sci. '''4''': 595–601. (''"Trimeresurus schultzei n. sp."'', p.&nbsp;601.)

==External links== * {{NRDB species|genus=Trimeresurus|species=schultzei|date=18 December|year=2012}}

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[[Category:Trimeresurus|schultzei]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1909]]

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