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	Trimeresurus fucatus Vogel, David, & Pauwels 2004 A species of the Trimeresurus popeiorum complex. Trimeresurus fucatus lives in the southern Myanmar, in south Thailand and West-Malaysia. It has been collected in both lowland and hilly rainforests of Peninsular Thailand, but has been recorded in hills and mountains in West-Malaysia. Many statements about the biology of this species complex are difficult to assign to a specific species, as they were published under various names. Sometimes observations and literature data are mixed up. This species was imported under the names Trimeresurus erythrurus or Trimeresurus popeiorum eg. T. popeorum. I myself called it Trimeresurus popeorum ssp. in 1990. [pdf of this work] The specific nomen is the Latin adjective fucatus, that could be translated by -with make-up-. It was used in classical Latin language to describe the red and white hues harboured on their cheeks by actors of the ancient Latin theater, and was chosen here in allusion to the bicolor white and red postocular streak present in some males of this species. Trimeresurus fucatus is easy to maintain in captivity. It was bred several times although not in considerable numbers. Most specimens offered have been caught in the wild. Picture 1 Trimeresurus fucatus, male Picture 2 Trimeresurus fucatus (above) compared to T. popeiorum (below), both males 2 Picture 3 Trimeresurus fucatus, juvenile male Picture 4 Trimeresurus fucatus, juvenile female
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