Trimeresurus medoensis

Trimeresurus medoensis, commonly named the Motuo bamboo pitviper,^[4] is a venomous pitviper species endemic to India, Burma, and Tibet. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[5]

Trimeresurus medoensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. medoensis
Binomial name
Trimeresurus medoensis Zhao, 1977
Synonyms
Trimeresurus medoensis Zhao, 1977[2] Viridovipera medoensis – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) medoensis – David et al., 2011[3]

Description

In Arunachal Pradesh, India

Maximum total length for males is 671 mm (26.4 in); for females, 650 mm (26 in). Maximum tail length for males is 125 mm (4.9 in); for females, 115 mm (4.5 in).^[6]

The hemipenes are short, thick, and spinose.^[6]

Scalation: dorsal scales in 17 longitudinal rows at midbody, of which rows 7-11 are slightly keeled. There are 8 upper labials, of which the first are separated from the nasal scales by a distinct suture. The ventrals number less than 150.^[6]

Color pattern: green or bluish green above, yellowish white below, the two separated by a bright bicolored red (below) and white (above) ventrolateral stripe (in both males and females), which occupies the whole of the outermost scale row and a portion of the second row.^[6]

Geographic range

Found in North-Eastern India; northern Burma (Myanmar); and southeastern Xizang (Tibet), China. The type locality listed is "near A-ni Bridge, Medo Xian, Xizang [Tibet], alt. 1,200 m [3,900 ft]" [Autonomous Region, China].^[2]