Trimeresurus mayaae RATHEE, PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA, DALAL, BIAKZUALA, MUANSANGA & MIRZA, 2022
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Trimeresurus mayaae
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Maya’s pit viper |
| Synonym | Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) mayaae RATHEE, PURKAYASTHA, LALREMSANGA, DALAL, BIAKZUALA, MUANSANGA & MIRZA 2022 Trimeresurus stejnegeri — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004: 230 (part.) Trimeresurus yunnanensis — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004: 230 (part.) Trimeresurus gumprechti — DAVID & MATHEW 2005: 87 Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) mayaae — MIRZA et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | India (Mizoram, Manipur) Type locality: Bethel Veng, Champhai, Champhai District, Mizoram (23.4758959 N, 93.33401 E; altitude 1418 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NCBS NRC-AA-0012, adult male P.S. Muanga, H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga and Lal Biakzuala on 24 October 2020 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Trimeresurus, characterized by (1) hemipenes short and strongly spinose; (2) body green in both males and females; (3) interstitial skin black; (4) moderate size, with maximum total length of 750mm; (5) conspicuous bicolored postocular stripe in males, thin and white below, wide and bright red above, faint white or no postocular stripe present in female (6) vivid, wide bicolored ventrolateral stripe, deep red below/white above in males, extending along the lower half of the tail, white in females; (7) eyes rust coloured in males, green in females; (8) tail mostly rusty or reddish-brown (9) V: 157–162; SC: 54–67 in males and V: 153; SC: 54–55 in females; (10) first supralabial distinct from nasal; (11) 19 or 21 dorsal scale rows at midbody, moderately keeled; (12) snout covered with rather enlarged juxtaposed scales; (13) internasals never in contact, separated by 1–2 scale; (14) supraoculars narrower than internasals, separated by 9–10 smooth cephalic scales. (RATHEE et al. 2022) |
| Comment | In MIRZA et al. 2023 mayaae nests within medoensis, indicating that both are closely related or even conspecific. |
| Etymology | The species epithet is an eponym honouring late Maya Singh Rathee, mother of Yashpal Singh Rathee. |
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