Trimeresurus cardamomensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Trimeresurus cardamomensis (Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini & Stuart, 2011)

Holotype: FMNH 259191, adult ♀, collected by B.L. Stuart and S. Platt on 25 August 2000.
Type locality: “on a root of a strangler fig growing from a tree trunk 1 m above the ground in semi-evergreen forest on Phnom Chan Mountain, Cardamom Mountains, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia (11.44 N, 103.79 E), 100–200 m elevation”.

Cryptelytrops cardamomensis Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini & Stuart, 2011: 3 [original combination]
Trimeresurus cardamomensis — Mrinalini, Thorpe, Creer, Lallias, Dawnay, Stuart & Malhotra, 2015: 267 [subsequent combination]

Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S., Mrinalini & Stuart, B.L. 2011. Two new species of pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops Cope 1860 (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 2757(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2757.1.1 Reference page.
Mrinalini, Thorpe, R.S., Creer, S., Lallias, D., Dawnay, L., Stuart, B.L. & Malhotra, A. 2015. Convergence of multiple markers and analysis methods defines the genetic distinctiveness of cryptic pitvipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 266–279. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.001 Reference page.

Stuart, B.L., Chan-Ard, T. & Thy, N. 2022. IUCN: Trimeresurus cardamomensis (Least Concern) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T194064A217770774. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T194064A217770774.en. Accessed on 16 December 2025.