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*''Trimeresurus albolabris albolabris'' <small>&ndash; [[Urs Regenass|Regenass]] & [[Eugen Kramer|Kramer]], 1981</small><ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], Touré T. 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>
*''Trimeresurus albolabris albolabris'' <small>&ndash; [[Urs Regenass|Regenass]] & [[Eugen Kramer|Kramer]], 1981</small><ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], Touré T. 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>
*''Cryptelytrops albolabris'' <br><small>&ndash; [[Anita Malhotra|Malhotra]] & [[Roger S. Thorpe|Thorpe]], 2004</small>
*''Cryptelytrops albolabris'' <br><small>&ndash; [[Anita Malhotra|Malhotra]] & [[Roger S. Thorpe|Thorpe]], 2004</small>
*''Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris'' <small>&ndash; [[Patrick David|David]] et al., 2011</small><ref name="RDB">The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
*''Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris'' <small>&ndash; [[Patrick David|David]] ''et al.'', 2011</small><ref name="RDB">{{NRDB species |genus=Trimeresurus |species=albolabris }}</ref>
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'''''Trimeresurus albolabris''''', the '''white-lipped pit viper''', is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[pit viper]] [[species]] endemic to [[Southeast Asia]].
'''''Trimeresurus albolabris''''', the '''white-lipped pit viper''' or '''white-lipped tree viper''', is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[pit viper]] [[species]] endemic to [[Southeast Asia]].

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==Taxonomy==
Giannasi ''et al.'' (2001) raised ''[[Trimeresurus insularis|insularis]]'' and ''[[Trimeresurus septentrionalis|septentrionalis]]'' to species level.<ref name=Gum04/><ref name=Gia01>{{cite journal |last1=Giannasi |first1=Nicholas |last2=Thorpe |first2=Roger S. |last3=Malhotra |first3=Anita |title=The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, ''Trimeresurus albolabris'' |journal=Molecular Ecology |date=2001 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=419–426 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01220.x |pmid=11298956|s2cid=18069035 }}</ref> Malhotra & Thorpe (2004) transferred this species (and a number of others) to the [[genus]] ''Cryptelytrops''.<ref name=Mal01>{{cite journal |last1=Malhotra|first1=Anita|last2=Thorpe|first2=Roger S.|title=A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (''Trimeresurus'' and ''Ovophis'')|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |year=2004 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=83–100 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008|pmid=15186799|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> David ''et al.'' (2011) returned it to the genus ''Trimeresurus'' and assigned it the [[subgenus]] ''Trimeresurus'', creating the new combination ''Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris''.<ref name="RDB"/>

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Common names include green tree pit viper, white-lipped pit viper,<ref name=Gum04>Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[:fr:Nikolaï Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> white-lipped tree viper, white-lipped green pit viper and white-lipped bamboo pit viper.<ref name="USN91">U.S. Navy. 1991. ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. {{ISBN|0-486-26629-X}}.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Maximum total length males {{convert|600|mm|in|abbr=on}}, females {{convert|810|mm|in|abbr=on}}; maximum tail length males {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}}, females {{convert|130|mm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Lev03>Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar, Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. '''54''' (24): 407-462. [http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/reptiles/Publications/levitonal2003-dangven.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830183051/http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/reptiles/Publications/levitonal2003-dangven.pdf |date=30 August 2006 }} at [http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/reptiles/ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles]. Accessed 8 August 2006.</ref>
Maximum total length males {{convert|600|mm|in|abbr=on}}, females {{convert|810|mm|in|abbr=on}}; maximum tail length males {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}}, females {{convert|130|mm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Lev03>{{cite journal |last1=Leviton |first1=A.E. |last2=Wogan |first2=G.O.U. |last3=Koo |first3=M.S. |last4=Zug |first4=G.R. |last5=Lucas |first5=R.S. |last6=Vindum |first6=J.V. |name-list-style=amp |title=The dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar. Illustrated checklist with keys |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |year=2003 |volume=54 |issue=24 |pages=407–462 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/4542/VZ_Leviton_al2003-dangVen.pdf |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830183051/http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/reptiles/Publications/levitonal2003-dangven.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>


<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Trimeresurus albolabris (adult, male).jpg|Trimeresurus albolabris, White-lipped pit viper (adult, male) - Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Image:Trimeresurus albolabris (adult, male).jpg|''T. albolabris'', White-lipped pit viper (adult, male) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
Image:Trimeresurus albolabris (adult, female).jpg|Trimeresurus albolabris, White-lipped pit viper (adult, female) - Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Image:Trimeresurus albolabris (adult, female).jpg|''T. albolabris'', White-lipped pit viper (adult, female) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
Image:Trimeresurus-albolabris-white-lipped-pit-viper-juvenile-male-kaeng-krachan-national-park.jpg|T. albolabris (juvenile/male) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Image:Trimeresurus-albolabris-white-lipped-pit-viper-juvenile-male-kaeng-krachan-national-park.jpg|''T. albolabris'' (juvenile/male) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
Image:Trimeresurus-albolabris-white-lipped-pit-viper-juvenile-female-kaeng-krachan-national-park.jpg|T. albolabris (juvenile/female) - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Image:Trimeresurus-albolabris-white-lipped-pit-viper-juvenile-female-kaeng-krachan-national-park.jpg|''T. albolabris'' (juvenile/female) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
Image:White-lipped Pitviper.jpg|''T. albolabris'' at the [[Houston Zoo]]
Image:White-lipped Pitviper.jpg|''T. albolabris'' at the [[Houston Zoo]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


Head scalation consists of 10-11(12) [[upper labials]], the first partially or completely fused to the nasal. Head scales small, subequal, feebly imbricate, smooth or weakly keeled. The [[supraoculars]] are narrow (occasionally enlarged and undivided) with 8-12 interocular scales between them. Temporal scales smooth.<ref name=Lev03/>
Head scalation consists of 10–11(12) [[upper labials]], the first partially or completely fused to the nasal. Head scales small, subequal, feebly imbricate, smooth or weakly keeled. The [[supraoculars]] are narrow (occasionally enlarged and undivided) with 8–12 interocular scales between them. Temporal scales smooth.<ref name=Lev03/>


Midbody has 29 (rarely 19) longitudinal dorsal scale rows. The ventral scales are 155–166 in males, 152–176 in females. The subcaudals are paired, 60–72 in males, 49–66 in females. The [[Hemipenis|hemipenes]] are without spines.<ref name="Lev03"/>
Midbody has 29 (rarely 19) longitudinal dorsal scale rows. The ventral scales are 155–166 in males, 152–176 in females. The subcaudals are paired, 60–72 in males, 49–66 in females. The [[Hemipenis|hemipenes]] are without spines.<ref name="Lev03"/>
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Color pattern: green above, the side of the head below the eyes is yellow, white or pale green, much lighter than rest of head. The belly is green, yellowish or white below. A light ventrolateral stripe is present in all males, but absent in females. The end of tail is not mottled brown.<ref name=Lev03/>
Color pattern: green above, the side of the head below the eyes is yellow, white or pale green, much lighter than rest of head. The belly is green, yellowish or white below. A light ventrolateral stripe is present in all males, but absent in females. The end of tail is not mottled brown.<ref name=Lev03/>


==Distribution and habitat==
==Common names==
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Found in [[Nepal]], northeastern [[India]] ([[Assam]] and [[Jharkhand]]), [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], southern [[China]] ([[Fujian]], [[Hainan]], [[Guangxi]], [[Guangdong]]), [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Lombok]], [[Sumbawa]], [[Komodo (island)|Komodo]], [[Flores]], [[Sumba]], [[Rote Island|Roti]], [[Kisar]], [[Wetar]]). The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "China".<ref name=McD99/>
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Common names include green tree pit viper, white-lipped pit viper,<ref name=Gum04>Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[:fr:Nikolaï Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> white-lipped tree viper, white-lipped green pit viper and white-lipped bamboo pit viper.<ref name="USN91">U.S. Navy. 1991. ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. {{ISBN|0-486-26629-X}}.</ref>

==Geographic range==
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Found in [[Nepal]] northeastern [[India]] ([[Assam]] [[and Jharkhand]]), [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], southern [[China]] ([[Fujian|Fukien]], [[Hainan]], [[Kwangsi]], [[Kwangtung]]), [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Lombok]], [[Sumbawa]], [[Komodo (island)|Komodo]], [[Flores]], [[Sumba]], [[Rote Island|Roti]], [[Kisar]], [[Wetar]]). The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "China".<ref name=McD99/>

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==Taxonomy==
Giannasi et al. (2001) raised ''[[Trimeresurus insularis|insularis]]'' and ''[[Trimeresurus septentrionalis|septentrionalis]]'' to species level.<ref name=Gum04/><ref name=Gia01>Giannasi N, Thorpe RS, Malhotra A. 2001. The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, Trimeresurus albolabris. Molecular Ecology '''10''': 419-426. [http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss024/pdfs/2001/Giannasi&nbsp;MEC&nbsp;2001.pdf PDF] at [http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss024/ Homepage of Professor Roger Stephen Thorpe, University of Wales, Bangor]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}. Accessed 8 August 2006.</ref>
Malhotra & Thorpe (2004) transferred this species (and a number of others) to the [[genus]] ''Cryptelytrops''.<ref name=Mal01>Malhotra, A. & 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.</ref> David et al. (2011) returned it to the genus ''Trimeresurus'' and assigned it the [[subgenus]] ''Trimeresurus'', creating the new combination ''Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris''.<ref name="RDB"/>


==Diet==
==Diet==
Its meals consist of birds, small frogs, and small [[mammal]]s. This snake doesn't strike and release its prey; like many arboreal snakes, it strikes and holds on to the prey item until it dies.
Its meals consist of birds, small frogs, and small [[mammal]]s. This snake doesn't strike and release its prey; like many arboreal snakes, rather holds on to the prey item until it dies.


==Venom==
==Venom==
The venom is primarily hemotoxic.
Results of bites from this species range from mild envenoming to death. The venom of white-lipped pitviper contains procoagulant properties. There have been numerous reported bites with few fatalities.<ref>Venomous Snakes of the World by Mark O'Shea, Page number 107</ref>
Results of bites from this species range from mild envenoming to death. The venom of white-lipped pitviper contains [[procoagulant]] properties. There have been numerous reported bites with few fatalities.<ref>O'Shea M. ''Venomous Snakes of the World'', p.&nbsp;107.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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*Das I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna, Elsevier, pp.&nbsp;43–77.
*Das I. 1999. ''Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands'', India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna, Elsevier, pp.&nbsp;43–77.
*David P, Vogel V. 2000. On the occurrence of ''Trimeresurus albolabris'' (Gray 1842) on Sumatra Island, Indonesia (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica '''80''' (1/2): 225–232.
*David P, Vogel V. 2000. "On the occurrence of ''Trimeresurus albolabris''" (Gray 1842) on Sumatra Island, Indonesia (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). ''Senckenbergiana Biologica'' '''80''' (1/2): 225–232.
*David P, Vogel G, [[:fr:Alain Dubois|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: 1–51.
*David P, Vogel G, [[:fr:Alain Dubois|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: 1–51.
*Einfalt P. 2002. ''Haltung und Vermehrung von'' Trimeresurus albolabris ''(Gray 1842)''. Elaphe '''10''' (4): 31–36.
*Einfalt P. 2002. "''Haltung und Vermehrung von'' Trimeresurus albolabris" ''(Gray 1842)''. ''Elaphe'' '''10''' (4): 31–36.
*[[John Edward Gray|Gray, JE]]. 1842. Synopsis of the species of Rattle-Snakes, or Family of CROTALIDÆ. The Zoological Miscellany '''2''': 47–51. (''Trimeresurus albolabris'', p.&nbsp;48.)
*[[John Edward Gray|Gray, JE]]. 1842. "Synopsis of the species of Rattle-Snakes, or Family of CROTALIDÆ." The Zoological Miscellany '''2''': 47–51. (''Trimeresurus albolabris'', p.&nbsp;48.)
*Gumprecht, A. 2001. ''Die Bambusottern der Gattung'' Trimeresurus ''Lacépède Teil IV: Checkliste der'' Trimeresurus''-Arten Thailands''. Sauria '''23''' (2): 25–32.
*Gumprecht, A. 2001. "''Die Bambusottern der Gattung'' Trimeresurus ''Lacépède Teil IV: Checkliste der'' Trimeresurus''-Arten Thailands''". ''Sauria'' '''23''' (2): 25–32.
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*Parkinson CL. 1999. "Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences". ''Copeia'' '''1999''' (3): 576–586.
*Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar, Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. '''54''' (24): 407-462 .
*{{cite journal |last1=Tu |first1=Ming-Chung |last2=Wang |first2=Hurng-Yi |last3=Tsai |first3=Mung-Pei |last4=Toda |first4=Mamoru |last5=Lee |first5=Wen-Jen |last6=Zhang |first6=Fu-Ji |last7=Ota |first7=Hidetoshi |title=Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the oriental pitvipers of the genus ''Trimeresurus'' (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): a molecular perspective |journal=Zoological Science |date=2000 |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=1147–1157 |doi=10.2108/zsj.17.1147 |pmid=18522471|s2cid=207286072 |doi-access=free |hdl=2433/108613 |hdl-access=free }}
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*Parkinson CL. 1999. Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Copeia '''1999''' (3): 576–586.
*Tu MC, Wang HY, Tsai MP, Toda M, Lee WJ, Zhang FJ, Ota H. 2000. Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of the Oriental Pit Vipers of the Genus ''Trimeresurus'' (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): A Molecular Perspective. Zoological Science '''17''': 1147–1157.
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 4 January 2024

Trimeresurus albolabris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. albolabris
Binomial name
Trimeresurus albolabris
Gray, 1842
Synonyms
  • Trimesurus albolabris Gray, 1842
  • T[rimeresurus]. albolabris
    – Theobald, 1879
  • Trimeresurus gramineus albolabris – Mell, 1922
  • Trimeresurus albolabris
    – Pope & Pope, 1933
  • Trimeresurus albolabris albolabris – Regenass & Kramer, 1981[2]
  • Cryptelytrops albolabris
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris – David et al., 2011[3]

Trimeresurus albolabris, the white-lipped pit viper or white-lipped tree viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

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Giannasi et al. (2001) raised insularis and septentrionalis to species level.[4][5] Malhotra & Thorpe (2004) transferred this species (and a number of others) to the genus Cryptelytrops.[6] David et al. (2011) returned it to the genus Trimeresurus and assigned it the subgenus Trimeresurus, creating the new combination Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris.[3]

Common names include green tree pit viper, white-lipped pit viper,[4] white-lipped tree viper, white-lipped green pit viper and white-lipped bamboo pit viper.[7]

Description

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Maximum total length males 600 mm (24 in), females 810 mm (32 in); maximum tail length males 120 mm (4.7 in), females 130 mm (5.1 in).[8]

  • T. albolabris, White-lipped pit viper (adult, male) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
    T. albolabris, White-lipped pit viper (adult, male) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • T. albolabris, White-lipped pit viper (adult, female) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
    T. albolabris, White-lipped pit viper (adult, female) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • T. albolabris (juvenile/male) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
    T. albolabris (juvenile/male) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • T. albolabris (juvenile/female) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
    T. albolabris (juvenile/female) – Kaeng Krachan National Park
  • T. albolabris at the Houston Zoo
    T. albolabris at the Houston Zoo

Head scalation consists of 10–11(12) upper labials, the first partially or completely fused to the nasal. Head scales small, subequal, feebly imbricate, smooth or weakly keeled. The supraoculars are narrow (occasionally enlarged and undivided) with 8–12 interocular scales between them. Temporal scales smooth.[8]

Midbody has 29 (rarely 19) longitudinal dorsal scale rows. The ventral scales are 155–166 in males, 152–176 in females. The subcaudals are paired, 60–72 in males, 49–66 in females. The hemipenes are without spines.[8]

Color pattern: green above, the side of the head below the eyes is yellow, white or pale green, much lighter than rest of head. The belly is green, yellowish or white below. A light ventrolateral stripe is present in all males, but absent in females. The end of tail is not mottled brown.[8]

Distribution and habitat

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Found in Nepal, northeastern India (Assam and Jharkhand), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, southern China (Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong), Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Sumba, Roti, Kisar, Wetar). The type locality given is "China".[2]

Diet

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Its meals consist of birds, small frogs, and small mammals. This snake doesn't strike and release its prey; like many arboreal snakes, rather holds on to the prey item until it dies.

Venom

[edit]

The venom is primarily hemotoxic. Results of bites from this species range from mild envenoming to death. The venom of white-lipped pitviper contains procoagulant properties. There have been numerous reported bites with few fatalities.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Stuart, B.; Thy, N.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Auliya, M. (2012). "Cryptelytrops albolabris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178433A1534017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178433A1534017.en. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ a b Trimeresurus albolabris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ^ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  5. ^ Giannasi, Nicholas; Thorpe, Roger S.; Malhotra, Anita (2001). "The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, Trimeresurus albolabris". Molecular Ecology. 10 (2): 419–426. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01220.x. PMID 11298956. S2CID 18069035.
  6. ^ Malhotra, Anita & Thorpe, Roger S. (2004). "A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (1): 83–100. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008. PMID 15186799.
  7. ^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
  8. ^ a b c d Leviton, A.E.; Wogan, G.O.U.; Koo, M.S.; Zug, G.R.; Lucas, R.S. & Vindum, J.V. (2003). "The dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar. Illustrated checklist with keys" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54 (24): 407–462. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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Further reading

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  • Das I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna, Elsevier, pp. 43–77.
  • David P, Vogel V. 2000. "On the occurrence of Trimeresurus albolabris" (Gray 1842) on Sumatra Island, Indonesia (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 80 (1/2): 225–232.
  • 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: 1–51.
  • Einfalt P. 2002. "Haltung und Vermehrung von Trimeresurus albolabris" (Gray 1842). Elaphe 10 (4): 31–36.
  • Gray, JE. 1842. "Synopsis of the species of Rattle-Snakes, or Family of CROTALIDÆ." The Zoological Miscellany 2: 47–51. (Trimeresurus albolabris, p. 48.)
  • Gumprecht, A. 2001. "Die Bambusottern der Gattung Trimeresurus Lacépède Teil IV: Checkliste der Trimeresurus-Arten Thailands". Sauria 23 (2): 25–32.
  • Parkinson CL. 1999. "Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences". Copeia 1999 (3): 576–586.
  • Tu, Ming-Chung; Wang, Hurng-Yi; Tsai, Mung-Pei; Toda, Mamoru; Lee, Wen-Jen; Zhang, Fu-Ji; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the oriental pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): a molecular perspective". Zoological Science. 17 (8): 1147–1157. doi:10.2108/zsj.17.1147. hdl:2433/108613. PMID 18522471. S2CID 207286072.
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