Systematics of Trimeresurus popeiorum Smith, 1937 with a revised molecular phylogeny of Asian pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 sensu lato
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- 1. Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tuebingen, Germany
- 2. Mizoram University, Tanhril, India
- 3. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- 4. Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, India|Fergusson College, Pune, India
- 5. Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India
- 6. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- 7. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia|Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Vietnam
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The pit viper snake genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 sensu lato, is a diverse group of nocturnal serpents comprising over 61 species. The genus is morphologically heterogeneous and has been divided into several subgenera. We present an updated phylogeny of Asian pitvipers and propose a revised classification. Additionally, we revise the taxonomy of T. popeiorum Smith, 1937 and propose taxonomic changes with support from molecular and morphological data. We restrict T. popeiorum sensu stricto to northeastern India, Bangladesh, southern China, and northern Myanmar; populations beyond these areas require further assessment. We also synonymize T. yingjiangensis Chen et al., 2019 with T. popeiorum based on overlapping morphological characters, molecular data, and distribution. The findings shed new light on the taxonomy of T. popeiorum, warranting the need for assessing the population of T. popeiorum from southeast Asia.
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