Species of Thailand
Wirot's pit viper
Trimeresurus wiroti, Ludwig Trutnau, 1981
(In Thai: งูปาล์ม, ngu plaam)
Trimeresurus wiroti is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Thailand and West Malaysia. Its common name is Wirot's pit viper.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Trimeresurus
- Species
- Trimeresurus wiroti
Common names
- German: Wirot-Bambusotter
- English: Wirot’s pit viper
- Thai: งูปาล์ม, ngu plaam
Synonyms
- Craspedocephalus wiroti, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Trimeresurus (Craspedocephalus) wiroti, Patrick David et al. (2011)
- Trimeresurus wiroti, Patrick David et al. (2006)
- Trimeresurus wiroti, Ludwig Trutnau (1981)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Betong District, Yala
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Su-ngai Kolok District, Narathiwat