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Trimeresurus cryptographicus
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Cryptic Green Pitviper

Trimeresurus cryptographicus Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Nguyen, Ruangsuwan, Matsukoji, David, Suwannapoom & Poyarkov, 2025

Also calledKripticheskaya bambukovaya kufiya (Криптическая бамбуковая куфия) (rus) · “Ngu Khiew Hang Mai Ta To Si Jang” (งูเขียวหางไหม้ตาโตสีจาง) (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 (Phitsanulok)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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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.

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