Trimeresurus mayaae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Holotype: NCBS NRC-AA-0012 (ex. MZMU 2043), adult ♂, collected by P.S. Muanga, H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Muansanga and Lal Biakzuala on 24 October 2020.
Type locality: “from the ground in the homestead garden (23.4758959 N, 93.33401 E; altitude 1418 m a.s.l.), Bethel Veng, Champhai, Champhai District, Mizoram”.
Paratypes (n=6): BNHS 3658 & BNHS 3660, adult ♂; VR/ERS/ZSI/834 (ex MZMU2730; field number YRS005) and VR/ERS/ZSI/835 (field number YRS006), adult ♂, VR/ERS/ZSI/832 (field number YRS001) and VR/ERS/ZSI/833, adult ♀, collected by Yashpal Singh Rathee in the last two weeks of February 2021 from near a residential area, Umroi Military Station, Umroi, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya (25.68193 N, 91.94471 E; elev. 930 m asl).

Rathee, Y.S., Purkayastha, J., Lalremsanga, H.T., Dalal, S., Biakzuala, L., Muansanga, L. & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. A new cryptic species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from northeast India. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268402. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268402 Reference page.

English: Maya’s Pit Viper