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Hi ! I search the real taxinomy information about trimeresus

can you help me ??

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moadog

Depends on what you want to know. Unfortunately there are no detailed overview of the whole complex available in a single article or book. You will have to look up a lot of separate articles. Are you interested in any particular species or geographical areas? If you let me know I might be able to help you with a few references.

There are a book about the whole Trimeresurus-complex in the making (ie not only Trimeresurus but also related genera like Ermia, Ovophis, Protobothrops etc). It is being written by Gernot Vogel and Patrick David and as I understand it it will contain descriptions and extensive data on every species. Not sure exactly when it will be published though.

Here's a few of the more recent articles which deals with more than just a couple of the species. If you can get hold of them you'll find a lot of references in them which might be of further help to you.

A Phylogeny of the Trimeresurus Group of Pit Vipers: New Evidence from a Mitochondrial Gene Tree
Anita Malhotra & Roger S. Thorpe.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2000, 16(2)199–211.

Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of the Oriental Pitvipers of the Genus Trimeresurus (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): A Molecular Perspective
Ming-Chung Tu et al.
Zoological Science, 2000, 17:1147-1157.

Nuclear and mtDNA Phylogenies of the Trimeresurus Complex: Implications for the Gene versus Species Tree Debate
Nicholas Giannasi, Anita Malhotra & Roger S. Thorpe.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2001, 19(1):57–66.

/Sundberg

Hi Sundberg

I think i heard somebody talk about a book in the making by Gumprecht as well. Do you know if thats right or only a rumor?

Gumprecht has made a lot of interesting articles on the Trimeresurus species in Sauria over the last couple of years.
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Jan Grathwohl

Ratsnakes:bairdi, bimaculata, climacophora, dione, longissimus, situla, subocularis, vulpinus gloydi, vulpinus vulpinus
Other Colubrids:Heterodon nasicus, Lampropeltis t. sinaloae, L. p. woodini, Lamprophis cf. inornatus, Oxyrhophus rhombifer
Constrictors:Acrantophis dumerilii, Antaresia maculosa, Epicrates c. maurus, Eryx colubrinus, Lichanura t. myriolepis, roseofusca, saslowi, trivirgata, Python regius.
Lizards:Cyrtodactylus consobrinus, C. papilionoides, C. pulchellus, Egernia cunninghami, Lepidodactylus lugubris, Oedura castelnaui, O. monilis
Frogs:Dendrobates azureus

Sorry, I have no idea if Andreas Gumprecht is working on a book like that. Wouldn't surprise me though, as you say he has already published extensively on the complex in Sauria. Too bad it's in German... :/

/Sundberg