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Trimeresurus uetzi
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Uetz’ pit viper

Trimeresurus uetzi Vogel, Nguyen & David, 2023

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
Myanmar (Pakhokku), India (Mizoram)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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References

  • VOGEL, GERNOT; TAN VAN NGUYEN, & PATRICK DAVID. (2023). A new green pitviper of the Trimeresurus albolabris complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from central and southern Myanmar. Zootaxa 5357 (4): 515–554.
  • Biakzuala, L., Muansanga, L., Malsawmdawngliana, F., Hmar, L., & Lalremsanga, H. T. (2024). New country record of Trimeresurus uetzi Vogel, Nguyen & David, 2023 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(5), 25268-25272.
  • Kwet, Axel & Uetz, P. (2025). Gesichter der DGHT – Peter Uetz. Elaphe 2025 (3): 48-49.
  • Basfore, B., Kalita, M. J., Sharma, N., & Boro, A. R. (2024). An updated checklist of snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in northeastern India derived from a review of recent literature. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(11), 26131-26149.
  • MALLIK, A. K., SRIKANTHAN, A. N., PAL, S. P., D’SOUZA, P. M., SHANKER, K., & GANESH, S. R. (2020). Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874 (1): 1-62.

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