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Trimeresurus mucropsquamatus
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by JOE on September 29, 2000
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Is there anyone out there who has husbandry info or even pics of T.mucropsquamatus??I tried searching a lot of sites but on some sites,this species which hails from Taiwan is not even listed.I would really appreciate it if anyone could enlighten me on this.Thanks in advance.
joe
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Anonymous post on September 29, 2000
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This species is not listed in the EMBL Reptile Database.
Here's the address:
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?[REPTILIA-Species:Trimeresurus*]
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by Buzztail1 on October 1, 2000
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First I will give you my reference: Poisonous Snakes OF THE WORLD - A MANUAL FOR USE BY U.S. AMPHIBIOUS FORCES (1965)
Now for the fun part:
Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus is the Chinese Habu which is found in Taiwan and southern China west through northern Viet Nam and Laos to eastern Burma (Myanmar). Commonest in hilly areas with grass or sparse forest but at no great altitude. Often found in suburban and agricultural districts.
The book lists their average length as 30 to 40 inches; maximum about 4 feet.
These are mostly nocturnal animals which are bold and irritable. They mostly eat mice and rats.
Hope this has been some help to you.
I understand that a newer edition of this book is available on Amazon.com and reviews of it are available here at venomousreptiles.org. Karl
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by DerekK on October 2, 2000
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Karl,
For some reason I have gotten the impression that the subsequent publications of the reference you just cited (1965 version) are not up to speed?
Please elaborate
Thank You,
Derek K.
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by Buzztail1 on October 2, 2000
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Sorry Derek,
that is not the impression that I meant to give. What I was trying to say is that Bothrops and Trimeresurus have undergone extensive reorganization and my reference is not one of the newer ones. I was merely trying to point out that my information is old and may no longer be recognized by the taxonomic community. I am sure that the current edition is every bit as outstanding as the one I have but the taxonomy may not be the same and I haven't been able to spring for the new edition yet. This is the book that I first accessed to learn about "hots" in the late 60's and I wouldn't be without it. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Karl.
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by DerekK on October 3, 2000
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Karl,
There is nothing to be sorry about ! I read a critique of one of the revised versions(can't remember which one), that gave me the impression that these manuals were not of the same quality as the 1965 product. I was just wondering if you or anyone knew which revised version(exact title) was the best buy. Currently, I am in the process of establishing a virtual library of Herpetological References, but believe that this manual would be an excellent quick reference tool.
Derek
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by CAISSACA on October 4, 2000
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In some of the more recent references (including EMBL database), it is listed as Protobothrops mucrosquamatus. Protobothrops is being increasingly recognised for the large, slender, terrestrial known colloquially as habus, which werepreviously included in Trimeresurus.
Protobothrops includes species such as flavoviridis (Okinawa habu), elegans (Sakishima habu), tokarensis (Tokara habu), kaulbacki and jerdonii. The exact composition of the genus has not been finally settled.
Cheers,
Wolfgang
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