Trimeresurus kuiburi SUMONTHA, SUNTRARACHUN, PAUWELS, PAWANGKHANANT, CHOMNGAM, IAMWIRIYAKUL & CHANHOME, 2021

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Thai: งูหางแห้มกุย (Ngu Hang Ham Kui) E: Kui Buri Pitviper F: Trimérésure de Kui Buri G: Kui Buri Bambusotter
Synonym	Trimeresurus kuiburi SUMONTHA, SUNTRARACHUN, PAUWELS, PAWANGKHANANT, CHOMNGAM, IAMWIRIYAKUL & CHANHOME 2021 Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) kuiburi— MIRZA et al. 2023
Distribution	Peninsular Thailand Type locality: Khao Daeng Sub-district, Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Peninsular Thailand
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: QSMI 1500 (field number MS 703); adult male Paratypes: AUP-02005 (field number MS 701), PSUZC-R 734 (MS 704) and PSUZC-R 735 (MS 731), adult males, QSMI 1501 (MS 702) and AUP-02006 (MS 732), adult females
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Trimeresurus kuiburi sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeneric species by the combination of its red/purple bands on a green dorsum; white concave suborbital stripe in males; white, spaced vertebral dots in males; pale green belly lacking dark dots or stripe on the lateral sides of the ventrals; partially fused 1st supralabial and nasal scale; 19 dorsal scale rows at midbody; 164–171 ventrals; 63–65 subcaudals in males, 51–53 in females; maximal known SVL of 451 mm; and long, papillose hemipenes. (Sumontha et al. 2021).
Comment
Etymology	The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, invariable, in reference to the administrative district Kui Buri in which the type-locality lies.
References	Idiiatullina SS, Pawangkhanant P, Tawan T, Worranuch T, Dechochai B, Suwannapoom C, Nguyen TV, Chanhome L, Poyarkov NA 2023. Limestone jewel: A new colourful karst-dwelling pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the poorly explored borderlands of southern peninsular Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 697-716 - get paper here Mirza ZA, H. T. Lalremsanga, Bhosale H, Gowande G, Patel H, Idiatullina SS, Poyarkov NA 2023. Systematics of Trimeresurus popeiorum Smith, 1937 with a revised molecular phylogeny of Asian pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 sensu lato. Evolutionary Systematics 7(1): 91-104 - get paper here SUMONTHA, MONTRI; SUNUTCHA SUNTRARACHUN, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, PARINYA PAWANGKHANANT, NIRUT CHOMNGAM, PRAPANTH IAMWIRIYAKUL & LAWAN CHANHOME 2021. A new karst-dwelling, colorful pitviper (Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from northern Peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 4974 (2): 307–332 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC82F4EC-2C10-43E9-8408… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/303400435217895/ Google images

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