Biology:Trimeresurus gumprechti

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Short description: Species of snake

Trimeresurus gumprechti
Trimeresurus gumprechti (male).jpg
Trimeresurus gumprechti (adult, male), Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
Trimeresurus gumprechti, Gumprecht’s pit viper (female) - Phu Suan Sai National Park (46711073485).jpg
Female, Phu Suan Sai National Park
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. gumprechti
Binomial name
Trimeresurus gumprechti
David, Vogel, Pauwels & Vidal, 2002
Synonyms[1]
  • Trimeresurus gumprechti
    David, Vogel, Pauwels & Vidal, 2002
  • Viridovipera gumprechti
    — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) gumprechti
    — David, Vogel & Dubois, 2011

Trimeresurus gumprechti, known commonly as Gumprecht's green pit viper, is a species of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Geographic range

T. gumprechti is found in southern China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2][1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. gumprechti is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,570 m (980–5,150 ft).[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] Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.3 m (4.3 ft).[1]

Behavior

T. gumprechti is arboreal.[2]

Reproduction

T. gumprechti is viviparous.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, gumprechti, is in honor of German herpetologist Andreas Gumprecht.[4]

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Trimeresurus gumprechti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 February 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named IUCN
  3. Thompson, Christian (2008). First Contact in the Greater Mekong: New Species Discoveries (Report). WWF Greater Mekong. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFBinaryitem10994.pdf. Retrieved 24 March 2022. 
  4. 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q828666 entry