Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as Bourret's pitviper,Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. . is a subspecies of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, p. 35).
Description The scalation of P. j. bourreti includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 189-192 ventral scales, 65-72 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.
Geographic range P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu), and possibly also in adjacent China] (Yunnan). The type locality given is "Chapa" (Tonkin, Vietnam).
Taxonomy The scientific name, P. j. bourreti (Klemmer, 1963), is a replacement name for Trimeresurus j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.
See also List of crotaline species and subspecies Snakebite
References
Further reading Bourret R (1935). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine français. No. IX. Les Serpents de Chapa ". Bull. Gén. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 5–17. (Trimeresurus jerdonii meridionalis, new subspecies, p. 14). (in French). Klemmer K (1963). "Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen: Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae und Crotalidae ". In: Elwert (1963). Die Giftschlangen der Erde. Wirkung und Antigenitat der Gifte Therapie von Giftschlangbissen. 464 pp. (Trimeresurus jerdonii bourreti, replacement name). (in German).