Trimeresurus medoensis

Common names: Motuo bamboo pitviper.^[2]

Trimeresurus medoensis is a venomous pitviper species found in India, Burma and Xizang (Tibet), China. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[3]

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Description

Maximum total length for males is 671 mm; for females it is 650 mm. Maximum tail length for males 125 mm; for females it is 115 mm. The hemipenes of the males are short, thick and spinose.^[4]

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

Geographic range

Found in northern 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" [Autonomous Region, China].^[1]

See also

• List of crotaline species and subspecies
• Trimeresurus by common name
• Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
• Crotalinae by common name
• Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
• Snakebite

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