Trimeresurus vogeli

Trimeresurus vogeli, commonly known as the Vogel's pit viper,[2] is a venomous pitviper species native to Southeast Asia.

Trimeresurus vogeli

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. vogeli
Binomial name
Trimeresurus vogeli
David, Vidal & Pauwels, 2001
Synonyms[2]
  • Viridovipera vogeli
    (David, Vidal & Pauwels, 2001)

Etymology

The specific name, vogeli, is in honor of German herpetologist Gernot Vogel.[3]

Geographic range

T. vogeli is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2]

References
  1. Stuart B, Nguyen TQ (2012). "Viridovipera vogeli ". IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2017-1. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/192057/0
  2. "Trimeresurus vogeli ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Trimeresurus&species=vogeli
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Universwity Press. xiii + 296 pp. (Viridovipera vogeli, p. 276).

Further reading
  • David P, Vidal N, Pauwels OSG (2001). "A Morphological Study of Stejneger's Pitviper Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the Description of a New Species from Thailand". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (3): 205-222. (Trimeresurus vogeli, new species).
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