Trimeresurus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Subgenera (6): T. (Himalayophis) – T. (Parias) – T. (Popeia) – T. (Sinovipera) – T. (Trimeresurus) – T. (Viridovipera)
Species (55):
T. albolabris –
T. andersonii –
T. arunachalensis –
T. ayeyarwadyensis –
T. calamitas –
T. cantori –
T. cardamomensis –
T. caudornatus –
T. ciliaris –
T. cryptographicus –
T. cyanolabris –
T. davidi –
T. erythrochloris –
T. erythrurus –
T. fasciatus –
T. flavomaculatus –
T. gracilis –
T. gumprechti –
T. gunaleni –
T. guoi –
T. hageni –
T. honsonensis –
T. insularis –
T. kanburiensis –
T. kirscheyi –
T. kraensis –
T. kuiburi –
T. labialis –
T. lanna –
T. macrops –
T. malcolmi –
T. mayaae –
T. mcgregori –
T. medoensis –
T. mutabilis –
T. nebularis –
T. phuketensis –
T. popeiorum –
T. purpureomaculatus –
T. rubeus –
T. sabahi –
T. salazar –
T. schultzei –
T. septentrionalis –
T. sichuanensis –
T. stejnegeri –
T. sumatranus –
T. tenasserimensis –
T. tibetanus –
T. truongsonensis –
T. uetzi –
T. venustus –
T. vogeli –
T. whitteni –
T. yunnanensis
Name
Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804: 209
- Type species: Trimeresurus viridis Lacépède, 1804 [=Vipera viridis Daudin, 1803], by subsequent designation by Brattström (1964: 250).
References
Primary references
- Lacépède, B.G.E.L. (Comte de) 1804. Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle Hollande dont la description n’a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle 4: 184–211, plates 55–58.
Additional references
- Captain, A., Deepak, V., Pandit, R., Bhatt, B. & Athreya, R. 2019. A New Species of Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus Lacepède, 1804) from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 26(2): 111–122. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2019-26-2-111-122
Reference page. - Chan, K.O., Anuar, S., Sankar, A., Law, I.T., Law, I.S., Shivaram, R., Christian, C., Mulcahy, D.G. & Malhotra, A. 2023. A new species of pit-viper from the Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions in Myanmar (Viperidae, Trimeresurus). ZooKeys 1186: 221–234. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.110422
Reference page. - Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Reference page.
- David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2992.1.1 Reference page.
- Vogel, G., David, P. & Chandramouli, S.R. 2014. On the systematics of Trimeresurus labialis Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867, a pitviper from the Nicobar Islands (India), with revalidation of Trimeresurus mutabilis Stoliczka, 1870 (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Zootaxa 3786(5): 557–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.4 Reference page.
- Vogel, G., David, P. & Sidik, I. 2014. On Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), with the designation of a neotype and the description of a new species of pitviper from Sumatra (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(2) [General Issue]: 1–29. BHL Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H.S., Phansalkar, P.U., Sawant, M., Gowande, G.G. & Patel, M. 2020. A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.48431 Reference page.
- Mulcahy, D.G., Lee, J.L., Miller, A.H. & Zug, G.R. 2017. Troublesome Trimes: Potential cryptic speciation of the Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum complex (Serpentes: Crotalidae) around the Isthmus of Kra (Myanmar and Thailand). Zootaxa 4347(2): 301–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.6 Reference page.
- Chen, Z.-N., Zhang, L., Shi, J.-S., Tang, Y., Guo, Y., Song, Z. & Ding, L. 2019. A New Species of the Genus Trimeresurus from Southwest China (Squamata: Viperidae). Asian Herpetological Research 10(1): 13–23. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180062 Reference page.
- Chandramouli, S.R., Campbell, P.D. & Vogel, G. 2020. A new species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3): 169–176. ResearchGate Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H.S., Phansalkar, P.U., Sawant, M., Gowande, G.G. & Patel, M. 2020. A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.48431 Reference page.
- Chen, Z.-N., Shi, S.-C., Gao, J., Vogel, G., Song, Z.-B., Ding, L. & Dai, R. 2021. A New Species of Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwestern China, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. Asian Herpetological Research 12(2): 167–177. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200084 Reference page.
- Sumontha, M., Suntrarachun, S. & Pauwels, O.S.G., Pawangkhanant, P., Chomngam, N., Iamwiriyakul, P. & Chanhome, L. 2021. A new karst-dwelling, colorful pitviper (Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from northern Peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 4974(2): 307–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.4 Reference page.
- Rathee, Y.S., Purkayastha, J., Lalremsanga, H.T., Dalal, S., Biakzuala, L., Muansanga, L. & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. A new cryptic species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from northeast India. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268402. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268402 Reference page.
- Vogel, G., David, P. & Sidik, I. 2022. A review of the complex of Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth de Jeude, 1886) (Squamata: Viperidae) with descriptions of three new insular species from Indonesia. Taprobanica 11(2): 54–83. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v11i2.283 Reference page.
- Chan, K.O., Anuar, S., Sankar, A., Law, I.T., Law, I.S., Shivaram, R., Christian, C., Mulcahy, D.G. & Malhotra, A. 2023. A new species of pit-viper from the Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions in Myanmar (Viperidae, Trimeresurus). ZooKeys 1186: 221–234. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.110422 Reference page.
- Idiiatullina, S. S., Pawangkhanant, P., Tawan, T., Worranuch, T., Dechochai, B., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, T.V., Chanhome, L. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2023. Limestone jewel: A new colourful karst-dwelling pitviper (Serpentes, Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the poorly explored borderlands of southern peninsular Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 697–716. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e109854 Reference page.
- Vogel, G., Nguyen, T.V. & David, P. 2023. A new green pitviper of the Trimeresurus albolabris complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from central and southern Myanmar. Zootaxa 5357(4): 515–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.3 Reference page.
- Idiiatullina, S.S., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Tawan, T., Chanhome, L., Nguyen, T.V., David, P., Vogel, G. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Another new species of karst-associated pitviper (Serpentes, Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the Isthmus of Kra, Peninsular Thailand. European Journal of Taxonomy 930(1): 20–52. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2489 Reference page.
- Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Chanhome, L., Mirza, Z.A., David, P., Vogel, G. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Trimeresurus popeiorum group of pitvipers (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 303–342. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e113347 Reference page.
- Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V., Bragin, A.M., Pawangkhanant, P., Le, D.X., Vogel, G., David, P. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. A new species of green pitviper of the Trimeresurus macrops complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from South Central Coastal Region of Vietnam. Zootaxa 5474(4): 375–411. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.4.3 Reference page.
- Pawangkhanant, P., Idiiatullina, S.S., Smits, T., Dugdale, I., Pierce, A., Suwannapoom, S. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A new species of karst-associated pitviper of the Trimeresurus kanburiensis complex (Squamata: Viperidae) from eastern Thailand. Taprobanica 14(1): 1–15. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v14i1.347 Reference page.
- Pawangkhanant, P., Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V., Ruangsuwan, T., Matsukoji, T., David, P., Suwannapoom, C. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A snake can change its finery: a new cryptic species of the Trimeresurus kanburiensis complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from central Thailand with an unusual ontogenetic color change. Zootaxa 5621(5): 514–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.2 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Trimeresurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 May 2025.
Vernacular names
- Deutsch: Bambusottern
- English: Asian Pit Vipers
- 日本語: ハブ属
- မြန်မာဘာသာ: မြွေစိမ်းမြီးခြောက်
- ไทย: งูเขียวหางไหม้
