Trimeresurus gumprechti
| Trimeresurus gumprechti | |
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| Trimeresurus gumprechti (adult, male), Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park | |
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| Female, Phu Suan Sai National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. gumprechti
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| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus gumprechti David, Vogel, Pauwels & Vidal, 2002
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Trimeresurus gumprechti, known commonly as Gumprecht's green pitviper, is a species of venomous pitviper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Geographic range[]
Trimeresurus gumprechti is found in parts of China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2]
Taxonomy[]
Trimeresurus 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[]
Trimeresurus 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] Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.3 m (4.3 ft).[2]
Reproduction[]
Trimeresurus gumprechti is viviparous.[2]
Etymology[]
The specific name, gumprechti, is in honor of German herpetologist .[4]
Gallery[]
Adult female Trimeresurus gumprechti from Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
Juvenile male Trimeresurus gumprechti from Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
References[]
- ^ Stuart, B.; Chan-Ard, T.; Nguyen, T.Q. (2012). "Trimeresurus gumprechti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192108A2040756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192108A2040756.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Trimeresurus gumprechti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ First Contact in the Greater Mekong: New Species Discoveries.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). 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).
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