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Genus/Species
Clinical entries
See also the other subgenera of the genus Trimeresurus: Trimeresurus (Himalayophis), Trimeresurus (Popeia), Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus), Trimeresurus (Sinovipera), Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) and the new genus Craspedocephalus
Species
- 1. Trimeresurus (Parias) flavomaculatus
- 2. Trimeresurus (Parias) gunaleni
- 3. Trimeresurus (Parias) hageni
- 4. Trimeresurus (Parias) malcolmi
- 5. Trimeresurus (Parias) mcgregori
- 6. Trimeresurus (Parias) schultzei
- 7. Trimeresurus (Parias) sumatranus
The original genus Trimeresurus underwent substantial revision.
On behalf of molecular and morphological findings Malhotra and Thorpe 2004 split the genus Trimeresurus up into various new genera or reactivated ancient taxa. They proposed the genera Cryptelytrops, Himalayophis, Parias, Peltopelor, Popeia and Viridovipera.
David et al. (2011) proposed to adapt the findings of Malhotra and Thorpe but to define the new genera as 'clades'/subgenera.
See also Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) sp. for detailed discussion about the revision of the genus Trimeresurus.
Taxonomy
Common names
- 1. Philippine pitviper
- 2. Gulanen's pitviper
- 3. Hagan's pitviper
- 4. Malcolm's pitviper
- 5. McGregor's pitviper, Batanes-Bambusotter
- 6. Schultze's pitviper
- 7. Sumatran pitviper
Distribution
Southeast Asia. See link "Distribution" at the top of the page for detailed information.
Biology
Smaller tree snakes with triangular head. Mostly colored in green shades with a pattern along the body.
Literature (biological)
Gumprecht et al. 2004, Das and Yaakob 2007, Malhotra and Thorpe 2004, Mirza et al. 2023, Vogel et al. 2014