Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822)

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 : 281-282

Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) — Erroneous.

Sumatran Pit Viper Singapore records.

Lachesis sumatranus — Calmette, 1908: 56.

Parias sumatranus — Das, 2010: 306.— Das, 2012a: 77.—Wallach et al., 2014: 538.— Das, 2018: 142.

Trimeresurus sumatranus sumatranus — de Haas, 1950: 611.—Regenass & Kramer, 1981: 166, 202.— David & Vogel, 1996: 168.

Trimeresurus sumatranus — Gopalakrishnakone, 1990: 3.—H.H. Tan, 2010: 645.

Remarks. Refer to “A note on Trimeresurus spp. in Singapore” in the Viperidae section under Native Species.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

3b) Species Listed Without Basis (21 species)

The 21 species listed here had Singapore listed as part of their distribution without justification. This section comprises one frog and 20 reptiles (11 lizards and nine snakes) ( Table 3).

Class Amphibia Gray, 1825 (1 species)

Order Anura Fitzinger, 1843 (1 species)

Family Bufonidae Gray, 1825 (1 species)

Genus Ingerophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 (1 species)