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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: White-lipped island pitviper 
SynonymTrimeresurus albolabris insularis KRAMER 1977: 755
Trimeresurus viridis LACÉPÈDE 1804: 209 (nomen oblitum)
Trimeresurus insularis — GIANNASI et al. 2001
Trimeresurus insularis — KUCH 2002
Trimeresurus insularis — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004
Cryptelytrops insularis — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) insularis — DAVID et al. 2011
Trimeresurus insularis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 742
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) insularis— MIRZA et al. 2023 
DistributionIndonesia (Adonara, Alor, Bali, Flores, Komodo, Lombok, Padar, Rinca, Romang, Roti, Sumba, Sumbawa, Timor, Wetar, Java), Timor-Leste

Type locality: Soe, Timor.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: NMBA (= NHMB) 12773; paratypes: MHNG
Lectotype: MNHN 4057 [of Trimeresurus viridis Lacépède, 1804] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2027 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Subspecies: The subspecies insularis and septentrionalis have been raised to full species status by GIANNASI et al. (2001) based on RFLPs. I [P.U.] don’t believe that sequence polymorphisms are reliable markers for (sub-) species boundaries as they do not serve as a reliable marker for reproductive isolation.

Type species: Trimeresurus viridis LACÉPÈDE 1804 (= Trimeresurus insularis KRAMER 1977) is the type species of Trimeresurus LACÉPÈDE 1804, fide DAVID et al. 2011.

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