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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kramer's Pit Viper, large-eyed pitviper, Big-Eyed Green Pit Viper
G: Grossaugen-Bambusotter 
SynonymTrimeresurus macrops KRAMER 1977
Trimeresurus macrops — WELCH 1994: 115
Trimeresurus macrops — COX et al. 1998: 20
Trimeresurus macrops — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 338
Trimeresurus macrops — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004
Cryptelytrops macrops — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) macrops — DAVID et al. 2011
Trimeresurus macrops — WALLACH et al. 2014: 742
Cryptelytrops macrops — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 286
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) macrops— MIRZA et al. 2023 
DistributionThailand, N Cambodia, Laos (Xaignabouli, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Khammouan, Vientiane, Xékong), Vietnam

Type locality: Bangkok, Thailand.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MHNG 1400.85, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cryptelytrops macrops s.s. is distinguished from all other Asian pitviper species which also have the typical "green pitviper" colouration (uniform green dorsal colour and a lateral stripe present on the first few dorsal scale rows in one or both sexes), except other species of Cryptelytrops, by the presence of a fused first supralabial and nasal scale. It can be distinguished from C. albolabris, C. insularis and C. septentrionalis primarily by the relatively larger size of the eye (most obvious in adults), the relatively wider supraoculars, and the shape of the head, which is more elongate–oval in C. albolabris, C. insularis and C. septentrionalis, but widens quite abruptly behind the eyes in C. cardamomensis sp. nov., C. macrops s.s. and C. rubeus sp. nov. to give a character- istically triangular shaped head. Cryptelytrops macrops s.s. can be distinguished from both C. cardamomensis sp. nov. and C. rubeus sp. nov using the characters detailed above (further details are also given in Tables 2 and 3) [from MALHOTRA et al. 2011]. 
CommentVenomous!

DNA barcodes suggested multiple species within this species (Laopichienpong et al. 2016).

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
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