Thai National Parks

Species of Thailand

Tenasserim pit viper

Trimeresurus tenasserimensis

Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Lawan Chanhome, Zeeshan A. Mirza, Patrick David, Gernot Vogel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, 2024

In Thai: งูเขียวหางไหม้ท้อง เขียวตะนาวศรี, Ngu Khiew Hang Mai Thong Khiew Tanao Sri

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Trimeresurus
Species
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis

Common names

  • Chinese: 丹那 沙林竹叶青, Dān nà shā lín zhú yè qīng
  • German: Tenasserim Bambusotter
  • French: Trimérésure vert du Tenasserim
  • Russian: Tenasserimskaya bambukovaya kufiya
  • Thai: งูเขียวหางไหม้ท้อง เขียวตะนาวศรี, Ngu Khiew Hang Mai Thong Khiew Tanao Sri

Subspecies

  • Trimeresurus popeorum barati, U. Regenass & Eugen Kramer, 1981

    Common name: Barat pit viper

    Range: Indonesia: Sumatra (Barat District), the Mentawai Archipelago (on Siberut, North Pagai and South Pagai), and Simeulue (Simalur).

  • Trimeresurus popeorum popeorum, Malcolm Arthur Smith, 1937

    Common name: Pope's pit viper

    Range: Northeastern India, Burma, Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore and Laos.

  • Trimeresurus popeorum sabahi, U. Regenass & Eugen Kramer, 1981

    Common name: Sabah pit viper

    Range: East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Indonesia (Kalimantan).

Synonyms

  • Popeia popeiorum, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
  • Popeia popeiorum, Peng Guo et al. (2015)
  • Popeia popeorum, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum, Patrick David et al. (2011)
  • Trimeresurus popeiorum, Patrick David et al. (2009)
  • Popeia popeiorum, Larry Lee Grismer et al. (2006)
  • Popeia popeiorum, Anita Malhotra & Roger Stephen Thorpe (2004)
  • Trimeresurus popeiorum, Gernot Vogel et al. (2004)
  • Trimeresurus popeiorum, Tu et al. (2000)
  • Trimeresurus popeorum, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell & T'Shaka A. Touré (1999)

Photos

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Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (female, in situ) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (female, in situ) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (male, southern variation) - Kui Buri National Park
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (female) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (male) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (male, juvenile) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Trimeresurus tenasserimensis (tail) - Kaeng Krachan National Park

Range Map

Distribution map of Tenasserim pit viper, Trimeresurus tenasserimensis in Thailand
  • Huai Yang Waterfall National Park
  • Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • Kui Buri National Park
  • Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi
  • Thong Pha Phum National Park
Range map of Trimeresurus tenasserimensis in Thailand