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Trimeresurus ciliaris
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Limestone Eyelash Pitviper

Trimeresurus ciliaris Idiiatullina, Pawangkhanant, Tawan, Worranuch, Dechochai, Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Chanhome & Poyarkov, 2023

Also calledResnitchataya ukrashennaya kufiya (rus) · งูหางไหม้เขาหินปูน (Ngu Hang Mhai Khao Hin Poon) (tha)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Thailand (Trang)
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References

  • Pawangkhanant P. et al. (2025). A snake can change its finery: a new cryptic species of the Trimeresurus kanburiensis complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from central Thailand with an unusual ontogenetic color change. Zootaxa 5621(5): 514-546.
  • Pawangkhanant, P., Idiiatullina, S. S., Smits, T., Dugdale, I., Pierce, A., Suwannapoom, C., & Poyarkov, N.A. (2025). A NEW SPECIES OF KARST-ASSOCIATED PITVIPER OF THE Trimeresurus kanburiensis COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: VIPERIDAE) FROM EASTERN THAILAND. Taprobanica 14 (1): 1–15.
  • Kwet, & Axel. (2024). Liste der im Jahr 2023 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2024 (3): 50.
  • Idiiatullina, S. S., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Tawan, T., Chanhome, L., Van Nguyen, T., ... & Poyarkov, N. A. (2024). Another new species of karst-associated pitviper (Serpentes, Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the Isthmus of Kra, Peninsular Thailand. European Journal of Taxonomy, 930, 20-52.
  • Idiiatullina SS, Pawangkhanant P, Tawan T, Worranuch T, Dechochai B, Suwannapoom C, Nguyen TV, Chanhome L, & Poyarkov NA. (2023). Limestone jewel: A new colourful karst-dwelling pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the poorly explored borderlands of southern peninsular Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 697-716.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.