Trimeresurus macrops

Trimeresurus macrops is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4] Common names include large-eyed pitviper[5] and green pit viper.

Trimeresurus macrops
Trimeresurus macrops - Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. macrops
Binomial name
Trimeresurus macrops
Kramer, 1977
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus macrops Kramer, 1977[2]
  • Cryptelytrops macrops
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) macrops – David et al., 2011[3]

Description

It can be distinguished from other green pit vipers by the relatively large size of its eyes, which is especially noticeable in adult specimens, and to which the specific name, macrops, refers.[3]

Breeding

According to Strine, Green pit vipers mate during the end of the rainy season, between September and October. Female vipers will pull male vipers up the tree and begin mating.

Geographic range

It is found in Southeast Asia in northern Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and southern Vietnam.[3] The type locality given is "Bangkok, Thailand".[2]

References
  1. Stuart, B.; Chan-Ard, T.; Thy, N. (2012). "Cryptelytrops macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192009A2027444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192009A2027444.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Trimeresurus macrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  5. Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.

6. Strine, C (Strine, Colin)[ 1,3 ] ; Brown, A (Brown, Andrew)[ 2,3 ] ; Barnes, C (Barnes, Curt)[ 1,3 ] ; Major, T (Major, Tom)[ 4 ] ; Artchawakom, T (Artchawakom, Taksin)[ 3 ] ; Hill, J (Hill, Jacques, III)[ 5 ] ; Suwanwaree, P (Suwanwaree, Pongthep)[ 1 ]

Further reading
  • Kramer, Eugen. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Revue suisse de Zoologie 84 (3): 721–761.


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