Animal: Tropidolaemus spp., Temple pitvipers
Formerly genus Trimeresurus
Species
- Tropidolaemus huttoni
- Tropidolaemus laticinctus
- Tropidolaemus philippensis
- Tropidolaemus subannulatus
- Tropidolaemus wagleri
The genus Tropidolaemus was previously included in the genus Trimeresurus (Gumprecht et al. 2004, Kuch et al. 2007, Vogel et al. 2007).
See also Trimeresurus spp. for detailed discussion about the revision of the genus Trimeresurus.
Taxonomy
Serpentes; Viperidae; Crotalinae
Common names
Temple pitvipers
- Hutton's pitviper
- Broad-banded temple pitviper
- South Philippine temple pitviper
- North Philippine temple pitviper
- Temple pitviper
Distribution
See link "Distribution" at the top of the page for detailed information.
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Tropidolaemus spp.
Biology
Predominantly arboreal. Tropidolaemus wagleri frequently in shades of yellow and green, speckled, with dark cross bands.
Risk
Local effects after bites from T. wagleri are described.
Literature (biological)
Gumprecht et al. 2004, Koch 2008, Kuch et al. 2007, Vogel et al. 2007