New Species of Pit Viper Discovered in Myanmar

New species of pit viper—Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis was found to occur in the Yangon region’s Hlawga Park and Pyapon and Myaungmya districts of Myanmar.Based off new data, the new species Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis sp. nov. shares morphological characteristics with T. erythrurus and T. purpureomaculatus and are closely related.The venomous snake female holotype had a total length of 1008.3 mm with a snout to vent length of 935 mm. It is green in coloration with indistinct dark dorsal markings and a distinct pale dorsolateral stripe. This stripe covers 90 percent of the first scale row, the study says. The stripe also extends to the second scale row.