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| image = Trimeresurus_stejnegeri.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| genus = Trimeresurus
| species = stejnegeri
| authority = , 1925
| synonyms =
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描述
集集大山]]
中小型蛇類,最大體長約90公分,體型瘦長,頭部呈三角形,頸部細長,眼睛為紅色,眼睛和鼻孔間有可感熱的頰窩。身體背部為翠綠色或深綠色,腹側有一條白色細縱線,雄性在白線下還有一條紅縱線,但不是絕對,有時亦有無縱線的個體,或是只有白色縱線的雄性,腹部為淡黃綠色,尾部為磚紅色。
習性
白天夜晚均會活動,但以夜間活動較為頻繁。通常以蛙類、蜥蜴、鳥類、老鼠及鼩鼱為食,其中又以蛙類為主。以卵胎生方式繁殖,一般於秋季交配,隔年的夏季生產。每窩可產2~15條幼蛇,初生幼蛇長約26公分,一年半左右即可達到性成熟。
參考文獻
進階閱讀
- Creer, S.; Malhotra, A.; Thorpe, R.S.; Chou, W.H. 2001 Multiple causation of phylogeographical pattern as revealed by nested clade analysis of the bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) within Taiwan. Molecular Ecology 10(8):1967-1981
- Malhotra, Anita & Roger S. Thorpe 2004 Maximizing information in systematic revisions: a combined molecular and morphological analysis of a cryptic green Pit Viper complex (Trimeresurus stejnegeri).Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82 (2): 219
- Parkinson,C.L. 1999 Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Copeia 1999 (3): 576-586
- Peng, G. & Fuji, Z. 2001 Comparative studies on hemipenes of four species of Trimeresurus (sensu stricto) (Serpentes: Crotalinae). Amphibia-Reptilia 22 (1): 113-117
- Tu, M.-C. et al. 2000 Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of the Oriental Pit Vipers of the Genus Trimeresurus (Reptilia: ViperidaCrotalinae): A Molecular Perspective. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE 17: 1147-1157
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