Trimeresurus gumprechti
| Trimeresurus gumprechti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. gumprechti |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus gumprechti David, Vogel, Pauwels & Vidal, 2002 | |
| Synonyms | |
Trimeresurus gumprechti (Gumprecht's green pitviper) is a species of venomous pitviper endemic to Asia.
Geographic range
T. gumprechti is found in parts of China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2]
Taxonomy
T. gumprechti was described as a new species in 2002 by:
- Dr. Patrick David of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle,
- Dr. Gernot Vogel of the Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology,
- Dr. Olivier S. G. Pauwels of the Smithsonian Institution,
- Dr. Nicolas Vidal of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
Description
T. gumprechti is strikingly bright green in color. A photo of this arboreal snake was chosen as the cover image of a 2008 report published by the World Wildlife Fund called "First Contact in the Greater Mekong - new species discoveries".[3]
Etymology
The specific name, gumprechti, is in honor of German herpetologist Andreas Gumprecht.[4]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/192108/0.
- 1 2 "Trimeresurus gumprechti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ First Contact in the Greater Mekong - new species discoveries.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus gumprechti, p. 112).
Further reading
- David P, Vogel G, Pauwels OSG, Vidal N. 2002. Description of a New Species of the Genus Trimeresurus from Thailand, Related to Trimeresurus stejnegeri Schmidt, 1925 (Serpentes, Crotalidae). Nat. Hist. J. Chulalongkorn Univ. 2 (1): 5-19. (Trimeresurus gumprechti, new species).
External links
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