Trimeresurus schultzei, commonly known as the Schultze's pitviper,Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. . is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Philippines. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Etymology The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of "Mr. W. Schultze" who collected the type specimen.
Description Scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 185-194/192-203 ventral scales in males/females, 67-78/66-75 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales.
Geographic range Found in the Philippines on the islands on Palawan and Balabac. The type locality given is "Iwahig, Palawn" (Palawan Island, Philippines).
References
Further reading Griffin. L.E. 1909. A List of Snakes Found in Palawan. Philippine Journ. Sci. 4: 595–601. ("Trimeresurus schultzei n. sp.", p. 601.)
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