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Translators' notes 



Trimeresurus medoensis 



[1]: The description of the new taxa begins on the middle of the page 66. We did not translate pages 64-66 

 nor 68-69. 



[2]: Zhuyequinq, meaning literally "bamboo-leaf green [snake]", is the Chinese general vernacular name for 

 green pitvipers occurring in this country {T. albolabris, T. medoensis, T. stejnegeri, T. tibetanus and 

 T. yunnanensis). The zhuyeqing proper is T. stejnegeri, whereas T. medoensis is called ''Motuo 

 zhuyeqing". The Chinese text widely uses this vernacular name rather than the scientific name, and we 

 here follow this custom. 



[3]: On plate n, the figure 9 is black-and-white photographs of the preserved holotype which depict 

 respectively: 



Photograph 9- 1 : general view fi-om above. 

 Photograph 9-2: close-up view from the top of the head. 

 Photograph 9-3: close-up view from the underneath of the head. 

 Photograph 9-4: close-up lateral view of the head. 

 Photograph 9-5: close-up view of the body side. 



[4]: Ani qiao [qiao = bridge], written "A-nie" in the English summary. We considered the pinyin 

 transcription of names as mentioned in the Chinese text. On the other hand, the city of Motuo is also 

 known as Medog (see SUN, 1989). 



[5]: We follow PETERS (1964) for the terminology of head scales in pitvipers. So, any small scale lying 

 between the nasal, the loreal, the scale bordering the pit (the foveal proper) and supralabials is a 

 prefoveal scale. The scale bordering the lower margin of the pit is a subfoveal, but as, in case of 

 pitvipers of the Trimeresurus-complex, it also borders the anterior margin of the eyes, it is often 

 considered as the lower preocular. We take this position here. The foveal is usually united with the 

 second supralabial in the genera of Asian pitvipers, and is not considered in itself. Last, the term of 

 loreal is restricted only to scale(s) in contact both with the nasal and the preocular. Any scale located 

 between the posterior margin of the nasal and any scale other than a preocular is a prefoveal or foveal. 



[6]: A Trimeresurus species endemic to the hills of Southern India, and not related to the group of T. 

 stejnegeri. The head scalation in this species is atypical in the genus by the much enlarged head 

 scales. 



[7]: See below for the complete references of this major work for Southern Asia. 



[8]: Namely Trimeresurus stejnegeri proper; in this paper, the authors do not distinguish T. stejnegeri 

 stejnegeri Schmidt, 1925 and T stejnegeri yunnanensis Schmidt, 1925 (now T. yunnanensis). 



Trimeresurus monticola zayuensis 



[9\. A name formed from the words shan = mountain, laotie = iron (the domestic apparatus, not the metal) 

 and tou = head, the vernacular name means literally "mountain iron-head [snake]". The present 

 "variety" is therefore the "Zavoi mountain iron-head snake". The name laotietou is given to terrestrial 

 species of Chinese species of the Trimeresurus-group, such as T. mucrosquamatus (the laotietou 

 proper), T. xiangchengensis and T.jerdonii. The name shan laotietou is given to Ovophis monticola. 



[10]: According to the Art. 32 (c) and (d) of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (I. C. Z. 

 N., 1985), a species group-name published with a diacritic mark is an incorrect original spelling 



