Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti, commonly known as the Bourret's pitviper, is a subspecies of venomous pitviper, a snake in the family Viperidae. The subspecies is endemic to Vietnam.Etymology
The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.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.P. j. bourreti is found in Northwestern Vietnam, and possibly also in adjacent China]. The type locality given is "Chapa".Taxonomy
The scientific name, P. j. bourreti :de:Konrad Klemmer|Klemmer, 1963, is a replacement name for P. j. meridionalis Bourret, 1935.
