Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of McGregor's pit viper (Trimeresurus mcgregori), recorded as Endangered
McGregor's pit viper (Trimeresurus mcgregori). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

McGregor's pit viper

Trimeresurus mcgregori

McGregor's pit viper is a viper in the family Viperidae — Trimeresurus mcgregori. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Trimeresurus mcgregori
Taxonomy
Squamata · Viperidae · Trimeresurus

Appearance

The scalation of McGregor's pit viper includes 21 (23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 170-172/173-178 (or 169-172/168-178) ventral scales in males/females, 62-66/58-60 (or 63-69/56-62) subcaudal scales in males/females, and 10–11 supralabial scales.

Range and habitat

McGregor's pit viper is found in the Philippines on the Batanes Islands. The type locality given is "Batan Island, Batanes Group, (lying between Luzon and Formosa)" (Philippine Islands). The preferred natural habitats of McGregor's pit viper are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

McGregor's pit viper is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on McGregor's pit viper, Wikidata item Q3539224. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is McGregor's pit viper?
The species is endemic to the Philippines.
What is the conservation status of McGregor's pit viper?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Trimeresurus mcgregori. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does McGregor's pit viper live?
The preferred natural habitats of McGregor's pit viper are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas.
Why is McGregor's pit viper in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Trimeresurus mcgregori?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is McGregor's pit viper a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.