Trimesurus subannulatus Gray, 1842

Vogel, Gernot, David, Patrick, Lutz, Mario, Rooijen, Johan Van & Vidal, Nicolas, 2007, Revision of the Tropidolaemus wagleri-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). I. Definition of included taxa and redescription of Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827), Zootaxa 1644 (1), pp. 1-40 : 9

Trimesurus subannulatus Gray, 1842

Trimesurus subannulatus Gray, 1842: 48 . —Type locality. “ The Philippines ”. - Syntypes. BMNH 1946.1.19.32-33

(female and young). Coll. by H. Cuming.

Comments. Trimesurus subannulatus Gray, 1842 was synonymised with Trimeresurus wagleri by Günther (1864: 388). It is however the oldest available name for populations of the Philippines and conspecific populations.

Status. A valid name; recognized here as Tropidolaemus subannulatus , the valid specific name of Philippine populations (at the possible exception of Negros, and excluding those referred to Tropidolaemus philippensis ) and populations of Borneo, Sulawesi and adjacent islands (excepted the form referred to Tropidolaemus laticinctus Kuch, Gumprecht & Melaun, 2007 ) if these latter ones proved to be conspecific with Philippine populations. The specific taxon subannulatus is the oldest available name for the oriental clade of the Tropidolaemus wagleri complex.