Trimeresurus nebularis VOGEL, DAVID & PAUWELS, 2004
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Trimeresurus nebularis
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Cameron Highlands pitviper, Clouded Pit viper |
| Synonym | Trimeresurus nebularis VOGEL, DAVID & PAUWELS 2004 Trimeresurus gramineus — BOULENGER 1912: 217 (part.) (non Coluber gramineus Shaw, 1802) Trimeresurus gramineus — SMITH 1930: 90 (part.) Trimeresurus gramineus — SMEDLEY 1932: 123 Trimeresurus gramineus — HOGE & ROMANO HOGE 1981: 257 (part.) Trimeresurus popeiorum — TWEEDIE 1954: 117 (part.) Trimeresurus popeiorum — TWEEDIE 1957: 121 (part.) Trimeresurus popeiorum — TWEEDIE 1983: 139 (part.) (non Trimeresurus popeiorum SMITH 1937) Trimeresurus popeiorum — LIM 1982: cover, 20 & 21: Fig. 22) Trimeresurus popeiorum — LIM 1990: 393, 394: Fig. 7 Trimeresurus popeiorum — LIM 1991: cover, 23 (Fig. 25) Trimeresurus popeiorum — LIM et al. 1995: 361 (part.) Trimeresurus popeiorum — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN (1997: 409: Fig. 316). Trimeresurus popae — TWEEDIE 1940: 131 (part.) Trimeresurus popeorum — LIM 1982: 21 [partim]. Trimeresurus popeiorum ssp. — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 199 Trimeresurus popeiorum ssp. — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 199 [bottom], 200 [both pictures]) Popeia inornata SANDERS, MALHOTRA, GUMPRECHT, THORPE & KUCH 2004 Trimeresurus nebularis — DAVID et al. 2009 Trimeresurus (Popeia) nebularis — DAVID et al. 2011 Trimeresurus nebularis — LIVIGNI 2013: 396 Popeia nebularis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 575 Popeia nebularis — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 292 Trimeresurus nebularis — MULCAHY et al. 2017 Trimeresurus (Popeia) nebularis— MIRZA et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | West Malaysia (Cameron Highlands, endemic), Thailand Type locality: Gunung Brinchang [now Gunung Batu Berinchang], Cameron Highlands, State of Pahang, West Malaysia. Popeia inornata: West Malaysia; Type locality: Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 142425; Paratypes in ZFMK, IRSNB, MNHN, ZRC, PSGY Holotype: ZMB (Institut für systematische Zoologie, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany) 66281, adult male, collected by indiginous collectors, July 2002. Paratypes: BMNH, CAS [Popeia inornata] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Trimeresurus characterized by (1) hemipenes long, without spines; (2) 1 st supralabial distinct from nasal; (3) 21 DSR at midbody, moderately keeled; (4) overall bright green coloration with blue tones and blue upper lips in males and females, and yellowish green chin and throat; (5) large size, with a TL up to about 1000 mm in males and at leat 950 mm in females; (6) postocular streak absent in males and females; (7) ventrolateral stripes often missing, or white or pale blue; (9) upper lips bluish-green; (10) eye green in males and females; (11) tail dark rusty brown vertebrally, green laterally with a sharp border between the colours (similar to Trimeresurus albolabris or T. macrops); (12) a low number of scales between the supraoculars (9–10); (13) tail average in females, with a ratio TaL/TL 0.165–0.172; (14) VEN 147–153; SC: 50–65 (after VOGEL et al. 2004). Additional details (9804 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous! For synonymy and references see VOGEL, DAVID & PAUWELS 2004. This paper was published 15 Nov 2004 and thus T. nebularis has priority over Popeia inornata, which was published on 13 December 2004. Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
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