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

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesThai: งูหางแห้มกุย (Ngu Hang Ham Kui)
E: Kui Buri Pitviper
F: Trimérésure de Kui Buri
G: Kui Buri Bambusotter 
SynonymTrimeresurus kuiburi SUMONTHA, SUNTRARACHUN, PAUWELS, PAWANGKHANANT, CHOMNGAM, IAMWIRIYAKUL & CHANHOME 2021
Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) kuiburi— MIRZA et al. 2023 
DistributionPeninsular Thailand

Type locality: Khao Daeng Sub-district, Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Peninsular Thailand  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: 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 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe 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
  • Idiiatullina, S. S., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C., Tawan, T., Chanhome, L., Van Nguyen, T., ... & Poyarkov, N. A. 2024. Another new species of karst-associated pitviper (Serpentes, Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the Isthmus of Kra, Peninsular Thailand. European Journal of Taxonomy, 930, 20-52 - 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
 
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