Trimeresurus stejnegeri chenbihuii 



[58]: Namely Trimeresurus stejnegeri Schmidt, 1925 (see note [8]). 



[59]: In the English summary (p. 112), the diagnosis is given in a slightly different way: "This new 

 subspecies has higher ventral counts, 169-178 (mean 172.6) in males and 168-174 (mean 172) in 

 females; while the nominate subspecies has 154-170 (mean 162.6) in males and 154-172 (mean 162) 

 in females." 



Thanks to the courtesy of Mr. CEN Jian Qiang of the Shanghai Natural History Museum, we 

 examined seven preserved specimens of Trimeresurus stejnegeri from Hainan Island. Ventral scales 

 counts, obtained according to the DowLING's method, are as follows: 



The DOWLING's method gives ventrals counts lower by one or two scales compared to the total 

 number of ventrals. Nevertheless, it is obvious that Hainan Islands specimens have a lower number of 

 ventrals than indicated by ZHAO (1995b). The validity of this subspecies seems questionable. 



