Trimeresurus erythrurus

Trimeresurus erythrurus, commonly known as the red-tailed bamboo pitviper,[3] redtail bamboo pit viper, and redtail pit viper is a venomous pit viper species found in South Asia and Myanmar.

[4] Scalation: dorsal scales in 23–25 longitudinal rows at midbody; first upper labial partially or completely fused to nasal; 9–13 upper labials, 1–2 rows of scales separate upper labials from the suboculars; 11–14 scales in a line between supraoculars; supraoculars rarely divided; temporal scales small, strongly keeled; ventral scales: males 153–174, females: 151–180; subcaudals: males 62–79, females 49–61, usually paired, occasionally unpaired shields present among paired series.

[4] Color pattern: head uniform green, dorsum bright green, light ventrolateral stripe present in males, present or absent in females (Maslin [1942:23] says that the ventrolateral stripe is absent, but M.A.

Smith [1943:523] states that it is present in males and variable in females), tail spotted with brown; hemipenes without spines.

[4] Found in eastern India (Assam, Sikkim, Manipur), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Nepal.