Trimeresurus loong

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: Trimeresurus loong

Name

Trimeresurus loong Xu, Deng, Zhang, Nguyen, Poyarkov, Vogel & Peng in Xu et al., 2025: 2275

• Holotype: QHU R2025027, adult ♂, collected by J.D. Deng and Y.H. Xu on 15 September 2025.
• Type locality: “Qinglongxia, Anning City, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China (25.0590°N, 102.3561°E; elevation 1,822 m asl.)”.

References

Primary references

• Xu, Y.-H., Deng, J.-D., Zhang, T.-R., Nguyen, T.V., Weng, S.-Y., Poyarkov, N.A., Vogel, G., Sun, F.-Y., Liao, C.-C. & Peng, L.-F. 2025. A ‘little dragon’ from Kunming City: a new green pit viper from Yunnan Province, China (Squamata, Viperidae, Trimeresurus). Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 2267–2293. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.175879 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kunming Green Pit Viper