Viperidae
Wilson's Montane Pitviper
Cerrophidion wilsoni Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012
Cerrophidion wilsoni, the Honduras montane pitviper, is a venomous snake of the genus Cerrophidion found in three Central American countries.
Malayan Pit Viper
Calloselasma rhodostoma (Kuhl, 1824)
Calloselasma rhodostoma is a unique Asian pit viper found across parts of Southeast Asia, that preys on rats and is oviparous.
Amazonian Toad-headed Pitviper
Bothrocophias hyoprora (Amaral, 1935)
The Amazonian toad-headed pitviper (Bothrocophias hyoprora) is a venomous viper endemic to north-western South America.
Small-eyed Toad-headed Pitviper
Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875)
Bothrocophias microphthalmus, the small-eyed toad-headed pit viper, occurs in northwestern and central South America.
Ecuadorian Toadheaded Pitviper
Bothrocophias campbelli (Freire-Lascano, 1991)
Bothrocophias campbelli is a viviparous viper found in Pacific-slope forests from west-central Colombia to Ecuador.
Highland Eyelash-Pitviper
Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846)
Bothriechis schlegelii, the eyelash viper, is a small pitviper species with distinctive eyepatch scales, restricted to Colombian highlands after 2024 taxonomic revision.
Side-striped palm pit viper
Bothriechis lateralis Peters, 1862
Bothriechis lateralis is a slender, prehensile-tailed pitviper found in mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.
Yellow-blotched Palm Pit Viper
Bothriechis aurifer (Salvin, 1860)
Bothriechis aurifer is a slender, prehensile-tailed pit viper found in cloud forests of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala.
Guatemala Palm Pit Viper
Bothriechis bicolor (Bocourt, 1868)
Bothriechis bicolor is a moderately sized slender viper found in high elevation forests of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper
Bothriechis nigroviridis Peters, 1859
Bothriechis nigroviridis is a rare slender arboreal pitviper found in mountain forests of Costa Rica and Panama.
Blotched Palm-pitviper
Bothriechis supraciliaris (Taylor, 1954)
Bothriechis supraciliaris is a pitviper species found in southern Costa Rica and western Panama, with females larger than males.
Wagler's Pit Viper
Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)
Tropidolaemus wagleri, the Wagler's pit viper, is a sexually dimorphic arboreal venomous snake native to Southeast Asia.
North Philippine Temple Pitviper
Tropidolaemus subannulatus (Gray, 1842)
Tropidolaemus subannulatus, the Borneo Keeled Green Pit Viper, is a common arboreal ovoviviparous viper native to Borneo's lowland rainforests.
Vogel’s Pit Viper
Trimeresurus vogeli David, Vidal & Pauwels, 2001
Trimeresurus vogeli is a large, sexually dimorphic viviparous pit viper found across parts of Southeast Asia in forests and savannas.
Hagen’s Pitviper
Trimeresurus hageni (Lidth De Jeude, 1886)
Trimeresurus hageni is an oviparous pit viper found in forests across parts of Southeast Asia.
Chinese Green Tree Viper
Trimeresurus stejnegeri Schmidt, 1925
Trimeresurus stejnegeri, commonly called the bamboo viper, is a viviparous green viper species found across East and South Asia.
Sabah Bamboo Pitviper
Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981
Trimeresurus sabahi is a green pit viper found in Bornean mountain low vegetation, with unknown reproductive biology.
Cardamom Mountains Green Pitviper
Trimeresurus cardamomensis (Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini & Stuart, 2011)
Trimeresurus cardamomensis, the Cardamom Mountains green pit viper, is a venomous pit viper found in Thailand and Cambodia.
Kikuchi Habu
Trimeresurus gracilis Oshima, 1920
Trimeresurus gracilis is a small venomous pit viper endemic to high elevations of Taiwan, with a documented sister relationship to T. okinawensis.
Beautiful Pitviper
Trimeresurus venustus Vogel, 1991
Trimeresurus venustus is an ovoviviparous arboreal pit viper native to southern Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia.
Gumprecht's Green Pitviper
Trimeresurus gumprechti David, Vogel, Pauwels & Vidal, 2002
Trimeresurus gumprechti is a bright green arboreal viviparous forest snake found across parts of mainland Southeast Asia and southern China.
Malcolm’s Pitviper
Trimeresurus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938
Trimeresurus malcolmi is an oviparous forest pitviper species found in elevated forests of East Malaysia.
Mangrove Viper
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus (Gray, 1832)
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus is a viper species native to parts of South and Southeast Asia with described scale patterns and size dimorphism.
White-lipped Pit Viper
Trimeresurus albolabris Gray, 1842
Trimeresurus albolabris Gray, 1842 is a pit viper with defined scalation, color patterns, and a known distribution across South and Southeast Asia.
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