Trimeresurus kanburiensis

Appearance

Scalation includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 159 ventral scales, 42 subcaudal scales and 10 supralabial scales, the third being the largest. The color pattern varies from brown with faint patterning to tawny with dull brown blotches and spots along with a ventrolateral stripe. Even so, the two are easily distinguished by the first three supralabial scales, that are much enlarged in T. Kanburiensis.

Adults grow to more than 76 cm (30 in) in length and are heavily built. The maximum length is unknown.

Range and habitat

The species is found in forest and open woodland, in areas of open hills. Trimeresurus kanburiensis is a pit viper found in only a few areas of Thailand.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

Arboreal and nocturnal, although they have been reported basking during daylight hours. The diet consists of mammals and birds.

Juveniles probably also feed on frogs and lizards. Ovoviviparous, with females giving birth to live young.

In crisis

Trimeresurus kanburiensis is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Trimeresurus kanburiensis, Wikidata item Q2713610. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.