Wagler's pit viper, temple viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827), Waglers Lanzenotter Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae
The guide called it "ular bulan" (Bahasa Indonesia for Moon snake). It laid about 1.5m above the ground in twigs of a small tree. The head was covered... so I made a mistake and touched it - softly - with my mono-pod. "She did not like it I can tell from from her face".
Indonesia, N-Sumatra, 65 km W Medan: vic. Bukit Lawang (Mt. Leuser NP), ca. 350m asl., 28.09.2010
Date 28 September 2010, 14:49
Source Wagler's pit viper
Author gbohne from Berlin, Germany https://www.flickr.com/people/51216897@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wagler%27s_pit_viper_(5085453504).jpg
The Wagler's pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) is a venomous pitviper species native to South-East Asia. It is sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia. The specific name, wagleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Georg Wagler. Common names of Tropidolaemus wagleri include Wagler's pit viper, temple viper, temple pit viper, bamboo snake, temple snake, speckled pit viper, and temple pitviper.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Tropidolaemus
Species: Tropidolaemus wagleri (F. Boie, 1827)
Synonyms:
C[ophias]. Wagleri H. Boie, 1826 (nomen nudum)
[Cophias] Wagleri F. Boie, 1827 (nomen conservandum)
Tropidolaemus wagleri – Wagler, 1830
Trigonoc[ephalus]. wagleri – Schlegel, 1837
Trimesurus maculatus Gray, 1842
Trimesurus Philippensis Gray, 1842
Trimesurus subannulatus Gray, 1842
Trigonocephalus Wagleri var. Celebensis Gray, 1849
Trigonocephalus Wagleri var. Sumatrensis Gray, 1849
Tropidolaemus hombronii Guichenot In Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853
Tropidolaemus wagleri – A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Tropidolaemus hombroni – A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Tropidolaemus Schlegelii Bleeker, 1857
T[rigonocephalus]. Hombroni – Jan, 1859
Tropidolaemus Philippensis – W. Peters, 1861
Tropidolaemus subannulatus – W. Peters, 1861
Trimeresurus wagleri – Günther, 1864
Tropidolaemus Schlegeli – Theobald, 1868
Tropidolaemus subannulatus var. celebensis – W. Peters, 1872
Tropidolaemus subannulatus var. immaculatus W. Peters, 1872
Bothrops Wagleri – F. Müller, 1880
Lachesis wagleri – Boulenger, 1896
Trimeresurus wagleri alboviridis Taylor, 1917
Trimeresurus philippensis – Taylor, 1922
Trimeresurus wagleri wagleri – Taylor, 1922
Trimeresurus wagleri philippensis – Taylor, 1922
Trimeresurus wagleri subannulatus – Taylor, 1922
[Bothrops] philippensis – Maslin, 1942
Tropidolaemus wagleri – Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
Tropidolaemus philippinensis – David & Vogel, 1996
Trimesurus [sic] philippinensis – David & Vogel, 1996 (ex errore)
Trimeresurus philippinensis – David & Vogel, 1996
Tropidolaemus wagleri – David & Vogel, 1996[
