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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kanburi Pit Viper
G: Kanburi Bambusotter 
SynonymTrimeresurus kanburiensis SMITH 1943: 519
Trimeresurus kanburiensis — WELCH 1994: 115
Trimeresurus kanburiensis — COX et al. 1998: 22
Trimeresurus kanburiensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 337
Trimeresurus kanburiensis — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004
Cryptelytrops kanburiensis — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) kanburiensis — DAVID et al. 2011
Trimeresurus kanburiensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 742
Cryptelytrops kanburiensis — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 286
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) kanburiensis— MIRZA et al. 2023 
DistributionThailand (west and south), Vietnam (Quang Binh)

Type locality: Limestone hills near Kanburi, south-western Siam [= Kanchanaburi, Thailand].  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.8.91 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1151 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! Trimeresurus venustus has been considered as a synonym of T. kanburiensis and therefore many literature references to T. kanburiensis are likely to refer in fact to T. venustus. T. kanburiensis also has been confused with T. purpureomaculatus.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).

Distribution: see map in Sumontha et al. 2021: 318 (Fig. 7). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bulian, J. 2001. Hinweise zur Lebensweise und Haltung der Bambusotter Trimeresurus kanburiensis. Reptilia (Münster) 6 (5): 62-66 - get paper here
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • CHEN, ZENING; JIANPING YU, GERNOT VOGEL, SHENGCHAO SHI, ZHAOBIN SONG, YEZHONG TANG, JIA YANG, LI DING, CANGSONG CHEN 2020. A new pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus (Lacépède, 1804) (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwest China. Zootaxa 4768 (1): 112–128 - get paper here
  • Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
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  • David, P., G. Vogel, M. Sumontha, O. S. G. Pauwels & L. Chanhome 2004. Expanded description of the poorly known pitviper Trimeresurus kanburiensis Smith, 1943, with confirmation of the validity of Trimeresurus venustus Vogel, 1991. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11 (2): 81-9 - get paper here
  • DAVID, PATRICK; GERNOT VOGEL & ALAIN DUBOIS 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992: 1–51 - get paper here
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