Trimeresurus yunnanensis

Trimeresurus yunnanensis, commonly known as the Yunnan bamboo pitviper,^[4] is a venomous pitviper species^[5] endemic to China.

Trimeresurus yunnanensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Trimeresurus yunnanensis Schmidt, 1925
Synonyms
Trimeresurus yunnanensis Schmidt, 1925 Trimeresurus gramineus yunnanensis – Stejneger, 1927 Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis – Pope, 1935[2] Trimeresurus yunnanensis – Zhao, 1995 Viridovipera yunnanensis – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) yunnanensis – David et al., 2011[3]

Description

The scalation includes 19 (or 21) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 154-164/150-172 ventral scales in males/females, 61-71/52-65 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales.^[4]

Geographic range

It is found in southern China (Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan).^[3] The type locality given is "Tengyueh, Yunnan Province, China" (= Tengchong County).^[4]

Taxonomy

Zhao (1995) raised this taxon back up to the level of a full species: T. yunnanensis.^[4]