''Trimeresurus rubeus'',
commonly known as the ruby-eyed green pitviper, is a
venomous pit viper
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . crotaline snakes (from grc, κρόταλον ''krotalon'' castanet), or pit adders, are a subfa ...
species endemic to
Southeast Asia. It occurs in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia.
[ No subspecies are currently recognized.][
''Trimeresurus rubeus'' inhabits seasonal tropical forests, including lightly disturbed ones. All specimens have been recorded at night in dense vegetation, often near fast-flowing streams. It is known from elevations below ]above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. Although most known populations occur in national parks, it can be threatened by habitat loss and harvesting for food and snake wine.
References
External links
Images at iNaturalist
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rubeus
Snakes of Asia
Reptiles of Cambodia
Snakes of Vietnam
Reptiles described in 2011
Taxa named by Bryan Lynn Stuart