Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis

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

Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis is a venomous pitviper subspeciesendemic to China.

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.

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

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

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