Species of Thailand
Beautiful pit viper
Trimeresurus venustus, Gernot Vogel, 1991
(In Thai: งูหางแฮ่มใต้, ngu hang haem dtai)
Trimeresurus venustus is a venomous pitviper species endemic to southern Thailand. Its common names include beautiful pit viper and brown-spotted pit viper.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Trimeresurus
- Species
- Trimeresurus venustus
Common names
- German: Schöne Bambusotter
- English:
- Brown-spotted pit viper
- Beautiful pitviper
- Thai: งูหางแฮ่มใต้, ngu hang haem dtai
Synonyms
- Cryptelytrops venustus, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Livigni (2013)
- Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) venustus, Patrick David et al. (2011)
- Cryptelytrops venustus, Anita Malhotra & Roger Stephen Thorpe (2004)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Patrick David et al. (2004)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Andreas Gumprecht et al. (2004)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
- Trimeresurus venustus, Gernot Vogel (1991)
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Range Map

- Ban Na San District, Surat Thani
- Don Sak District, Surat Thani
- Hat Khanom - Mu Koh Thale Tai National Park
- Kanchanadit District, Surat Thani
- Khanom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Khao Luang National Park
- Khao Phanom Bencha National Park
- Khao Phra - Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Tha Petch Wildlife Conservation and Developme
- Lan Saka District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Mueang Chumphon District, Chumphon
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Phang Nga District, Phang Nga
- Mueang Surat Thani District, Surat Thani
- Nopphitam District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Phrasaeng District, Surat Thani
- Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Sichon District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Tai Rom Yen National Park
- Tham Phannara District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Thung Song District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Thung Tako District, Chumphon
- Thung Yai District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Yong Waterfall National Park