Species of Thailand
Phuket pit viper
Trimeresurus phuketensis
Montri Sumontha, Kirati Kunya, Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels, Awat Nitikul & Suwit Punnadee, 2011
In Thai: งูเขียวหางไหม้ภูเก็ต, ngu khieow hang mai Phuket
Trimeresurus phuketensis (also known as the Phuket pit viper) is a species of pit viper found on Phuket Island in Thailand.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Trimeresurus
- Species
- Trimeresurus phuketensis
Common names
- German: Phuket Bambusotter
- English: Phuket pit viper
- French: Triméré- sure de Phuket
- Thai: งูเขียวหางไหม้ภูเก็ต, ngu khieow hang mai Phuket
Synonyms
- Trimeresurus (Popeia) phuketensis, Zeeshan A. Mirza et al. (2023)
- Trimeresurus phuketensis, Daniel G. Mulcahy et al. (2017)
- Trimeresurus pukhetensis, Patrick David & Gernot Vogel (in error) (2015)
- Popeia phuketensis, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Trimeresurus (Popeia) phuketensis, Montri Sumontha, Kirati Kunya, Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels, Awat Nitikul & Suwit Punnadee (2011)
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Range Map
- Kathu District, Phuket
- Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary
- Mueang Phuket District, Phuket
- Sri Phang-nga National Park
- Thalang District, Phuket