Trimeresurus wiroti – Wirot’s Pit Viper
The Trimeresurus wiroti, commonly known as Wirot’s Pit Viper, or Wirot’s Palm Pit Viper, is a rarely encountered species. It ranges on the lower half of the Thai peninsula, a region that sees a...
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Ovophis monticola – Himalayan Mountain Pit Viper
The Ovophis monticola, known commonly as the Himalayan Mountain Pit Viper or Chinese Mountain Pit Viper, is one of Thailand’s most elusive snake species. Though in Northern Thailand especially where access to higher elevation...
Protobothrops kelomohy – Omkoi Lance-headed Pit Viper
The Protobothrops kelomohy SUMONTHA, VASARUCHAPONG, CHOMNGAM, SUNTRARACHUN, PAWANGKHANANT, SOMPAN, SMITS, KUNYA, CHANHOME, 2020, known in English as the Omkoi Lance-headed Pit Viper is a species found in a remote corner of northwest Thailand. In...
Bungarus slowinskii – Red River Krait
Background story of the first record of the Red River Krait (Bungarus slowinskii) in Thailand Maybe I was being greedy, but I just couldn’t call it a night when I crossed paths with a...
Tropidolaemus wagleri – Wagler’s Pit Viper
The Wagler’s Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri), also known as the Temple Viper, is one of Thailand’s most beautiful viper species. And the sexual dimorphism (difference in characteristics between the two sexes) is unbelievable. The...
Trimeresurus macrops – Large-eyed Pit Viper
The Large-eyed Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) is a fairly widespread species in Thailand, and can be fairly common in the right habitat. More details will follow once I have more time on my hands...
Trimeresurus gumprechti – Gumprecht’s Pit Viper
Gumprecht’s Pit Viper (Trimeresurus gumprechti), one of Thailand’s largest green pit viper species. Found at high altitude in north – northeast Thailand. More details will follow once I have more time on my hands...
Trimeresurus cf. popeiorum – Pope’s Pit Viper (Western region)
In the recent paper, Troublesome Trimes: Potential cryptic speciation of the Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum complex (Serpentes: Crotalidae) around the Isthmus of Kra (Myanmar and Thailand) by DANIEL G. MULCAHY, JUSTIN L. LEE, ARYEH H....
Calloselasma rhodostoma – Malayan Pit Viper
The Malayan Pit Viper, Calloselasma rhodostoma, is a well-camouflaged, terrestrial, brown, pit viper species that is found in most of the country where habitat is suitable. This species seems to prefer lowland areas, and...
Trimeresurus venustus – Beautiful Pit Viper
The Beautiful Pit Viper, Trimeresurus venustus, is a small but stunning pit viper species found on the Thai peninsula from Chumphon province southward. facts To be continued… Description To be continued… Similar-looking species To...