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Trimeresurus gracilis (Kikuchi habu; Taiwanese Mountain Pitviper)

Wikipedia Abstract

Trimeresurus gracilis, commonly known as the Taiwan pit viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Taiwan. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Trimeresurus gracilis

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Taiwan monsoon rain forests Taiwan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests Taiwan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Prey / Diet

Episoriculus fumidus (Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew)[1]
Hynobius arisanensis (Arisan hynobiid)[1]
Microtus kikuchii (Taiwan vole)[1]
Sphenomorphus taiwanensis[1]
Takydromus hsuehshanensis[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food Habits of the Taiwanese Mountain Pitviper, Trimeresurus gracilis, Chia-Fan Lin and Ming-Chung Tu, Zoological Studies 47(6): 697-703 (2008)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0