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#1726 · 🦎 reptiles

Chinese Green Tree Viper

Trimeresurus stejnegeri

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © ksnaiab_陈天乐 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © ksnaiab_陈天乐 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © yuwen0307 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © yuwen0307 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Yan · CC BY-NC 4.0
Chinese Green Tree Viper, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © ksnaiab_陈天乐 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Trimeresurus stejnegeri is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to Asia. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,178iNaturalist 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.
  • 7,178 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Karl Patterson Schmidt in 1925 (101 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Chinese Green Tree Viper
scientific name
Trimeresurus stejnegeri
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Viperidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
7,178
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1925 by Karl Patterson Schmidt

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Viperidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 30953, Wikidata Q2719425, GBIF 2444513, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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