Description Trimeresurus jerdonii
trimeresurus jerdonii, illustration g.h. ford (1875) günther s original description.
males grow maximum total length of 835 mm (32.9 in), tail length of 140 mm (5.5 in); females 990 mm (39 in), tail length of 160 mm (6.3 in).
scalation: dorsal scales in 21 longitudinal rows @ midbody (rarely 23); snout length little more twice diameter of eye; head above, except large internasals , supraoculars, covered small, unequal, smooth scales feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; first labial separated nasal scales suture; internasals separated 1–2 small scales; 6–9 small scales in line between supraoculars; 7–8 upper labials, third , fourth beneath eye, in contact subocular or separated @ single series of small scales; ventrals: males 164–188, females 167–193; subcaudals: males 50–78, females 44–76.
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