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Asian Pit Vipers - Cryptelytops, Trimeresurus, Etc.
The genus Trimeresurus is under going taxonomic revision and this has not been without controversy. These tend to be small greenish snakes that sit above the ground on a branch or vine and wait for prey to pass by. There are at least 35 species found from India eastward to the Philippines and southward into Indonesia. The names used here follow: Malhotra, A. and R. S. Thorpe. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 83 –100.
Kanburi Pit Viper, Trimeresurus kanburiensis

Kanburi Pit Viper, Cryptelytrops (formerly Trimeresurus) kanburiensis Smith, 1943. Photographed in Thailand. Adult maximum length about 700 mm. Inhabits tropical evergreen forests on limestone in western and southern Thailand. Females give birth to litters of 12-16.

Kanburi Pit Viper, Trimeresurus kanburiensis
Big Eyed Pit Viper, Trimeresurus macrops

Big Eyed Pit Viper, Cryptelytrops (formerly Trimeresurus) macrops Kramer, 1977. Photographed in central Thailand in the Khorat Basin. Upper photo the snake is feeding on a gecko. In the second photo this snake was perched on a branch next to a pond where frogs were calling. The bottom photo is a neonate found on the ground in wet forest at night. Adult maximum size about 720 mm. It inhabits Thailand, Cambodia, and south Vietnam.

Big Eyed Pit Viper, Trimeresurus macrops
Big Eyed Pit Viper, Trimeresurus macrops
Vogel's Beatutiful Pit Viper, Trimeresurus venustus

Vogel's Beatutiful Pit Viper, Cryptelytrops (formerly Trimeresurus) venustus, Vogel, 1991. Photographed in southern Thailand in Khao Luang National Park. It was found at the base of a tree at the edge of an old rubber plantation. It has been confused with Trimeresurus kanburiensis in the literature.

Vogel's Beatutiful Pit Viper, Trimeresurus venustus
Gray's Pit Viper, Trimeresurus ?albolabris.

Gray's Pit Viper, Cryptelytrops (formerly Trimeresurus) ?albolabris. This was a captive snake of unknown origin. T. albolabris is probably more than one species and the group is in need of revision.

Wagler's Pit Viper, Tropidolaemus wagleri

Borneo Pit Viper, Tropidolaemus subannulatus (Gray, 1842). Photographed in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia (Island of Borneo). It was found along a road side in secondary forest. Adult maximum size is about one meter. Ranges from Thailand and Malaysia southward into Indonesia and east to the Philippines. Females give birth to as many as 41 young.

   
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