📸 PhotoPhoto: Evan Pickett · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Chinese Green Tree Viper
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Chinese Green Tree Viper · タケアオハブ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Lowland forests in Taiwan are mixed with small farm plots such as bamboo plantations and pear orchards, and a blue color variant was found in short streamside grass there (Reptiles & Amphibians 2024).
- 💡 Because more snakes gather at watersides with more frogs, a study in Taiwan surveyed the monthly relationship between frog numbers and snake numbers at watersides such as rice paddies, ponds, and streams (Zoological Studies 2024).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Chinese Green Tree Viper (Bamboo Pit Viper) is a green pit viper living in Taiwan, southern China, northern Thailand, and northern Vietnam that ambushes frogs by the water.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is generally green with a white stripe along each side, often bordered with red. In Taiwan, white, yellow, blue, and brown color variants have been reported.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A sit-and-wait ambush hunter, a study in Taiwan found that adults often ambush by standing water while juveniles use standing water, flowing water, and temporary pools alike. Its diet consists mainly of frogs, with no marked difference between juveniles and adults.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2022) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192136/217768419
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 7D5PV
- • iucnredlist.org — 217768419
- • wikidata.org — Q2719425
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Trimeresurus stejnegeri.jpg
- • journals.ku.edu — 21421
- • zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw — 63-55.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Beth Reinke · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Vipera berus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.