Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 226-227

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968088

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scientific name

Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886)
status

 

Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886) View in CoL — Native; Indeterminate.

Bothrops hageni Lidth de Jeude, 1886:53–54 . Lectotype:RMNH.RENA.819, designated by Brongersma(1933: 7). Type locality: “Sumatra” and “the island of Bangka” (= Bangka Island , Sumatra, Indonesia); later restricted to “Beli” (= Sultanate of Deli, i.e., Medan), Sumatra, Indonesia via lectotype designation .

Hagen’s Green Pit Viper

( Figure 26A View FIGURE 26 )

Singapore records.

Lachesis sumatranus — Boulenger, 1896: 558.— Flower, 1896: 896.— Flower, 1899: 696.—Ridley, 1899: 204.— Boulenger, 1912: 217.— de Rooij, 1917: 283.

Trimeresurus sumatranus View in CoL —Sworder, 1923: 73.— Smith, 1943: 528.—Taylor, 1965: 1070.—F.L.K. Lim & M.T.-M. Lee, 1989: 117.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 55.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 149.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 106.—Chan-ard et al., 1999: 37.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 160.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 149.

Trimeresurus hageni View in CoL — Grandison, 1972: 94.—Sanders et al., 2002: 108.— Gumprecht et al., 2004: 33.— Vogel et al., 2014: 3, 28.— Cox et al., 2018: 26.—Vogel et al., 2022: 54–55, 57, 60.

Parias hageni —N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 169.— Das, 2010: 306.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 169.— Das, 2012a: 76.—Wallach et al., 2014: 538.— Das, 2018: 141.

Trimeresurus (Parias) hageni View in CoL — Chanhome et al., 2011: 324.

Remarks. Whereas T. hageni is common in Peninsular Malaysia (A. Figueroa pers. obs.), its occurrence in Singapore is known from only three specimens: BMNH 1880.9.10.6 and BMNH 1880.9.10.7 collected by Dennys, previously classified as T. sumatranus ( Boulenger 1896) , and; MHNG 1403.95 reported by Sanders et al. (2002). This latter specimen was accessioned into MHNG in late 1974 as part of a very large collection donated by Eugene Kramer (Kramer collection number 12055) and registered into the MHNG entry book as T. sumatranus collected in 1971 by “Trafelet” in “ Singapur ” (A. Schmitz pers. comm.). Thus, this latter specimen was collected more than 75 years ( Table 2 View TABLE 2 ) after the specimens reported by Boulenger (1896). An attempt was made to identify Kramer and Trafelet in hopes of gathering more information regarding the specimen, but to no avail. Recently, T. hageni was shown to be a species complex with at least four insular populations off of Sumatra representing new species (Vogel et al. 2022). Populations from Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and mainland Sumatra are designated as T. hageni (Vogel et al. 2022) .

Occurrence. Known only from two specimens predating 1896 and one from 1971. Likely extirpated.

Singapore conservation status. Not Evaluated.

Conservation priority. Immediate priority, if rediscovered.

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2022].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): BMNH 1880.9.10.6 (no date), BMNH 1880.9.10.7 (no date).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): MHNG.

Singapore localities. No published localities.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Trimeresurus

Loc

Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Trimeresurus (Parias) hageni

Chanhome, L. & Cox, M. J. & Vasaruchapong, T. & Chaiyabutr, N. & Sitprija, V. 2011: 324
2011
Loc

Parias hageni

Das, I. 2018: 141
Das, I. 2012: 76
Das, I. 2010: 306
2010
Loc

Trimeresurus sumatranus

Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 2002: 149
Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. 2001: 160
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 106
Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 1992: 149
1992
Loc

Trimeresurus hageni

Cox, M. J. & Hoover, M. F. & Chanhome, L. & Thirakhupt, K. & Pongcharoen, C. 2018: 26
Gumprecht, A. & Tillack, F. & Orlov, N. L. & Captain, A. & Rayabov, S. 2004: 33
Grandison, A. G. C. 1972: 94
1972
Loc

Lachesis sumatranus

de Rooij, N. 1917: 283
Boulenger, G. A. 1912: 217
Flower, S. S. 1899: 696
Boulenger, G. A. 1896: 558
Flower, S. S. 1896: 896
1896
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