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Genus/Species

 

Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) sp., -

Clinical entries

For clinical data see section “Risk” below

See also the other subgenera of the genus Trimeresurus: Trimeresurus (Parias), Trimeresurus (Popeia), Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus), Trimeresurus (Sinovipera), and Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) and the new genus Craspedocephalus

Species

  • 1. Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) arunachalensis
  • 2. Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) tibetanus

 

This subgenus of Trimeresurus proposed by Davis et al. 2011, is also described as own genus Himalayophis (Malhotra & Thorpe 2004).


Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) arunachalensis is described as a new additional species in this subgenus (Captain et al. 2019).

 

See also Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) sp. for detailed discussion about the revision of the genus Trimeresurus.

Taxonomy

Serpentes; Viperidae; Crotalinae

Common names

  • 1. Arunachal pitviper
  • 2. Tibetan pitviper

Distribution

Tibet, Nepal and Northern India (Arunachal Pradesh)

Biology

Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) tibetanus seems to be quite rare, but according to IUCN it seems not to be endangered. Green body coloring. It lives on the ground, in various habitats between 2500 - 3200, from rocky areas to grass-covered slopes to montane forests. Also in reforested areas.

 

Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) arunachalensis is ground dwelling. Colorining redis-brown 

Danger

Unknown. Confrontations with humas probably very rare.

Literature (biological)

Captain et al. 2019, Davis et al. 2011, Malhotra and Thorpe 2004, Mirza et al. 2023