Trimeresurus phuketensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Trimeresurus phuketensis Sumontha, Kunya, Pauwels, Nitikul & Punnadee, 2011: 186

Holotype: THNHM 15905 [formerly MS 390], adult ♂, collected by Kirati Kunya on 5 October 2009.
Type locality: “Ban Bangrong, Thalang District, Phuket Island, Phuket Province, southwestern Thailand”.
Etymology: phuketensis: named after Phuket island (Phuket province), Thailand, where this species was discovered.

Sumontha, M., Kunya, K., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nitikul, A. & Punnadee, S. 2011. Trimeresurus (Popeia) phuketensis, a New Pitviper (Squamata: Viperidae) from Phuket Island, Southwestern Thailand. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(3): 185–194. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-3-185-194 [nonfunctional] Reference page.

Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Chanhome, L., Mirza, Z.A., David, P., Vogel, G. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Trimeresurus popeiorum group of pitvipers (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 303–342. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e113347 Reference page.

English: Phuket Green Pitviper
ไทย: งูเขียวหางไหม้ภูเก็ต