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Trimeresurus gumprechti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Viperidae

Scientific name
  
Trimeresurus gumprechti

Rank
  
Species

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Crotalinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Similar
  
Trimeresurus, Trimeresurus popeorum, Trimeresurus puniceus, Trimeresurus hageni, Trimeresurus macrops

Trimeresurus gumprechti


Trimeresurus gumprechti (Gumprecht's green pitviper) is a species of venomous pitviper endemic to Asia.

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Geographic range

T. gumprechti is found in parts of China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Taxonomy

T. gumprechti was described as a new species in 2002 by:

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  • 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

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    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".

    Etymology

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

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    References

    Trimeresurus gumprechti Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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