Trimeresurus honsonensis

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Viperoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Subgenus: Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus)
Species:
Name
Trimeresurus honsonensis (Grismer, Ngo & Grismer, 2008)
- Holotype: UNS 0353, ♀, collected by Ngo Van Tri on 29 July 2007.
- Type locality: “Hon Son island in the Kien Hai District of the Kien Giang Province, Vietnam. It was collected at 09°47’95.2” N, 104°37’85.6” E at 100 m a.s.l.”
Combinations
- Cryptelytrops honsonensis Grismer, Ngo & Grismer, 2008: 61 [original combination]
- Trimeresurus honsonensis — David, Vogel & Dubois, 2011: 42 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
- Vietnam: Kien Giang Province: Kien Hai District: Hon Son Island.
References
Primary references
- Grismer, L.L., Ngo, V.T. & Grismer, J.L. 2008. A new species of insular pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops (Squamata: Viperidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 1715(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1715.1.4
Reference page. - David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2992.1.1
Reference page.
Links
- Grismer, L. 2022. IUCN: Trimeresurus honsonensis (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T192001A217766534. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T192001A217766534.en. Accessed on 07 July 2025.
Vernacular names
- English: Hon Son Pitviper