Trimeresurus mayaae

Taxonavigation edit

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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: Trimeresurus mayaae

Name edit

Trimeresurus mayaae Rathee, Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Dalal, Biakzuala, Muansanga & Mirza, 2022: 5

  • 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).

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Vernacular names edit

English: Maya’s Pit Viper
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