Trimeresurus loong XU, DEBG, ZHANG, NGUYEN, WENG, POYARKOV, VOGEL, SUN, LIAO & PENG, 2025
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Trimeresurus loong
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kunming Green Pit Viper Chinese: 昆明竹叶青蛇” (Kūn Míng Zhú Yè Qīng Shé) |
| Synonym | Trimeresurus loong XU, DEBG, ZHANG, NGUYEN, WENG, POYARKOV, VOGEL, SUN, LIAO & PENG 2025: 2275 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Qinglongxia, Anning City, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China (25.0590°N, 102.3561°E; elevation 1,822 m asl.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype • QHU R2025027, adult male, collected on 15 September 2025 by J.D. Deng and Y.H. Xu. Paratypes (n = 5) • QHU R2025031 (adult female), with same data as the holotype. • QHU R2025028 (adult male), collected on 22 September 2025 by J.D. Deng and Y.H. Xu; • QHU R2025029 (subadult male) and • QHU R2025032 (adult female), collected on 27 May 2025 by J.D. Deng; • QHU R2025030 (subadult male), collected on 21 September 2025 by J.D. Deng and Y.H. Xu; all from the same locality as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species Trimeresurus loong sp. nov. is distinguished from all of its congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) first supralabial completely separated from the nasal scale; (2) hemipenis short and spinose, reaching the 10th–11th subcaudal when fully everted; (3) moderate adult body size, with a maximum SVL of 601 mm in males and 657 mm in females; (4) dorsal scales in 19 (21 or 23)–19–15 rows, keeled except for the outermost rows; (5) VS 150–151 in males and 157–158 in females; (6) SC 67–68 in males and 57–64 in females; (7) iris amber and sometimes exhibiting a faint reddish hue in adult males and yellowish in adult females; (8) body uniformly bright grass-green; (9) postocular streak narrow and white, with a few scale margins slightly tinged with yellow or reddish-brown in males, and absent in females; (10) ventrolateral stripe along the first dorsal scale row, variable in coloration in males, occurring in two forms, the first is a narrow white band bordered dorsally by a faint yellowish margin and ventrally by a red line, with a diffuse brownish tinge below the red line; the second is a narrow white band bordered by faint yellowish margins; and in females, the stripe is absent or reduced, and almost entirely white when present; (11) the ventral surfaces pale yellowish white or pale greenish-yellow anteriorly; gradually transitioning to greenish-yellow or light green toward the posterior body; (12) tail distinctly bicolored dorsally, green anteriorly and becoming almost uniformly orange or light orange-red posteriorly. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 21884 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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