Trimeresurus caudornatus CHEN, DING, VOGEL & SHI, 2020
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Trimeresurus caudornatus
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ornamental tailed pit- viper Chinese: 饰尾竹叶青 (Shì Wěi Zhú Yè Qîng) |
| Synonym | Trimeresurus caudornatus CHEN, DING, VOGEL & SHI in CHEN et al. 2020 Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) caudornatus — MIRZA et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan), Myanmar Type locality: Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province (24.6973°N, 97.5805° E, and 389 m elevation), China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZMNH AR1238, adult male, collected by L. Ding and Z. Chen on 17 September 2018 (Fig. 2A). Paratype. ZMNH AR1239, adult female, same collecting data as the holotype (Fig. 2B). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Head and body generally dark green, postocular stripes absent in both genders, upper labials light green; (2) ventrolateral stripe faint green yellow, present on the first row of DSR in both genders; (3) iris golden yellow in both genders; (4) dorsal tail mostly dark red, lateral and ventral green; an orange red stripe along the ventral part of the tail; (5) DSR 21/22 –21–15 (n=2), VEN 161–163, SC 52–72; (6) Cep 10, first upper labial partially fused to the nasal; (7) hemipenes elongated, bilobed at 6th plate, tips reaching SC 37–38, small spines present posterior to the bifurcation, sulcus spermaticus shallow, visible, divides at the base of the organ. |
| Comment | T. caudornatus is nested within some former subspecies of T. albolabris. Distribution: See map in Vogel et al. 2023: 529 (Fig. 5) for localities. Similar species: Trimeresurus albolabris, Trimeresurus septentrionalis |
| Etymology | The specific name of the new species was made up of the Latin word “caud” (tail) and “ornatus” (ornamental), indicating a red stripe on the subcaudal scales. |
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