Trimeresurus medoensis


Trimeresurus medoensis, commonly named the Motuo bamboo pitviper, is a venomous pitviper species endemic to India, Burma, and Tibet. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Description

Maximum total length for males is ; for females,. Maximum tail length for males is ; for females,.
The hemipenes are short, thick, and spinose.
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.
Color pattern: green or bluish green above, yellowish white below, the two separated by a bright bicolored red and white ventrolateral stripe, which occupies the whole of the outermost scale row and a portion of the second row.

Geographic range

Found in North-Eastern India; northern Burma ; and southeastern Xizang, China. The type locality listed is "near A-ni Bridge, Medo Xian, Xizang, alt. 1,200 m " .