Trimeresurus honsonensis

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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Trimeresurus honsonensis (Grismer, Ngo & Grismer, 2008)

Holotype: UNS 0353, ♀, collected by Ngo Van Tri on 29 July 2007.
Type locality: “Hon Son island in the Kien Hai District of the Kien Giang Province, Vietnam. It was collected at 09°47’95.2” N, 104°37’85.6” E at 100 m a.s.l.”

Cryptelytrops honsonensis Grismer, Ngo & Grismer, 2008: 61 [original combination]
Trimeresurus honsonensis — David, Vogel & Dubois, 2011: 42 [subsequent combination]

Grismer, L.L., Ngo, V.T. & Grismer, J.L. 2008. A new species of insular pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops (Squamata: Viperidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 1715(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1715.1.4 Reference page.
David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2992.1.1 Reference page.

Grismer, L. 2022. IUCN: Trimeresurus honsonensis (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T192001A217766534. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T192001A217766534.en. Accessed on 07 July 2025.