#1799 · 🦎 reptiles

Brown spotted pitviper

🇳🇱 Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus ·Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © lava_chen · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Lawrence Hylton · CC BY 4.0
6. © 羅忠良 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 臺北市:© Chen Jin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Kebang, Siang, AR, IN:© vivek-ram · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sai Kung, Hong Kong:© matthewkwan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Taiwan:© Jay Paroline · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,343iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,343 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Theodore Edward Cantor in 1839 (187 years ago).