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Trimeresurus insularis🐍

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SpeciesViperidae
Reptiles

🐍Trimeresurus insularis

Trimeresurus insularis Kramer, 1977

Trimeresurus insularis, commonly known as the Indonesian pit viper, Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper, Komodo Island pit viper, Sunda white-lipped pit viper or red-tailed pit viper, also popularly known as blue pit viper, blue viper or blue insularis, is a species of venomous pit viper found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

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≈ 1/150th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.42 kg
Body length
0.93 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
8.9 years
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Everything we know about the Trimeresurus insularis

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Body mass
0.42 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
0.93 mmaximum recorded
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Maximum lifespan
8.9 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Venomous
Yes
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Volume l
0.4 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Trimeresurus insularis yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyViperidae
  5. ›genusTrimeresurus
  6. ›speciesTrimeresurus insularis
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  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  3. familyViperidae
  4. subfamilyCrotalinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. familyViperidae
  13. subfamilyCrotalinae
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