Trimeresurus rubeus

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 rubeus (Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini & Stuart, 2011)

Holotype: FMNH 262718, ♀, collected by B.L. Stuart, K. Sok and T. Neang on 1 November 2003.
Type locality: Cambodia, Mondolkiri Province, O’Rang District, 1 m from the O Kamen Stream in hilly evergreen forest, Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area (formerly part of Samling Logging Concession), (12.326 N, 107.092 E), 500 m elevation.

Cryptelytrops rubeus Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini & Stuart, 2011: 9 [original combination]
Trimeresurus rubeus — 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., Grismer, L., Thy, N. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2022. IUCN: Trimeresurus rubeus (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T194065A217770919. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T194065A217770919.en. Accessed on 16 December 2025.