Trimeresurus nujiang LIANG, DING, VOGEL, CHEN & WU, 2025
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Trimeresurus nujiang
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Trimeresurus nujiang LIANG, DING, VOGEL, CHEN & WU 2025 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Cikai Town, Gongshan County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (27°46'1.32"N, 98°40'50.78"E; altitude ca. 1537 m a.s.l); |
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| Types | Holotype: CIB DL R353, an adult male, collected by Li Ding on 3 September 2020 (Figs 3, 4). Paratypes (N = 10): CIB DL10 (male), CIB DL19 (male), CIB DL R364 (male), CIB DL R375 (male), CIB DL R380 (male), CIB DL-03-622 (female) and GXNU2024061101 (female) are around the site where the holotype was found. CIB DL R362 (female), CIB DL R363 (female) and CIB DL R365 (female) collected in Bingzhongluo Town, Gongshan County, Yunnan on 2 September 2020. Ten specimens collected at elevations between 1495–1699 m a.s.l. by Li Ding. Detailed information is presented in Table 2. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Trimeresurus has a combination of the following characters: (1) Dorsal body olive drab or grass green, without bands or markings; interstitial skin greyish-black; ventral body yellow green. (2) Tail mostly reddish brown with dark brown tail end. (3) Dorsum of the head has the same color as the body, the upper labials are light green. (4) Moderate body size, with the maximum total length exceeding 804 mm. (5) White (above) and dark red (below) ventrolateral stripe present on the first row of dorsal scales, and the ventrolateral stripe continuous on the tail in males; faint white ventrolateral stripe in females. (6) Postocular streak absent in both sexes. (7) Iris golden-yellow in both sexes in life. (8) First supralabial completely separated from nasal scale. (9) Head scales not keeled; dorsal scale row 19 (rarely 21 or 22)–19–15 (rarely 13) (N = 11), feebly keeled except the outermost rows. (10) Internasals not in contact, most usually separated by 1–2 scales. (11) Supraoculars large but elongate, separated by 10–11 smooth cephalic scales. (12) Ventral scales 164–173 in males (N = 6), 165–168 in females (N = 5). (13) Subcaudal scales 59–68 in males (N = 4), 57–60 in females (N = 5). (14) Total number of VEN+SC 226–241 in males (N = 4), 222–226 in females (N = 5). (15) Tail relatively short, and tail to total length ratio (TaL/TL) 0.147–0.163 in males (N = 4), 0.144–0.152 in females (N = 5). (16) Hemipenes short and spinose, bilobed at 6th/7th plate when unextruded, tips reaching SC 10, sulcus spermaticus shallow, visible, divides at the base of the organ. (Liang et al. 2025) 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 13192 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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