Cryptelytrops rubeus

Cryptelytrops rubeus
Cryptelytrops rubeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Cryptelytrops
Species: C. rubeus
Binomial name
Cryptelytrops rubeus
Malhotra et al., 2011

Cryptelytrops rubeus, the ruby-eyed green pit viper, is a species of snake from South East Asia.[1] Cryptelytrops rubeus was discovered recently in surrounding area of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh city, across the low hills of southern Vietnam, in the Langbian Plateau area and in eastern Cambodia by researchers at Bangor University.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Anita Malhotra, Roger S. Thorpe, Mrinalini & Bryan L. Stuart (2011). "Two new species of pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops Cope 1860 (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa 2757: 1–23. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02757p023.pdf. 
  2. ^ "New Ruby-Eyed Snake". National Geographic. March 2011. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110328-new-ruby-eyed-pit-viper-species-found/. Retrieved March 30, 2011. 
  3. ^ "New species of viper identified". Bangor University. March 29, 2011. http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full.php.cy?nid=3753&tnid=0. Retrieved March 30, 2011.  Despite its striking appearance - blood-red eyes with emerald coils - rubeus was not previously categorised as a distinct species because of the similarities to its yellow-eyed cousin, the large-eyed green pit viper [Cryptelytrops macrops]. Now, with the help of a genetic study, Anita Malhotra of Bangor University, UK and colleagues have identified rubeus as a unique species.


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