Trimeresurus wiroti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Subgenus: Trimeresurus (Craspedocephalus)
Species: Trimeresurus wiroti

Name

• Trimeresurus wiroti Trutnau, 1981

Type locality: boundaries between the Chawang and Thung Song districts in Nakhonsithammarat province, height of 1,196 feet mean sea level.

Etymology: Named in honor of Thai herpetologist Wirot Nutphand, who first purchased the catch and sent them out for identification.

Vernacular names

English: Palm vit viper
ไทย: งูปาล์ม

References

• Ludwig Trutnau, Schlangen Vol. 2 p. 138, 188 : Gigtschlangen, 1981 Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Germany