{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = Trimeresurus rubeus juvenile CTNP RPB.jpg | image_caption = ''T. rubeus'' juvenile in [[Cat Tien National Park]] | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Stuart, B. |author2=Grismer, L. |author3=Thy, N. |author4=Nguyen, T.Q. |date=2012 |title=''Trimeresurus rubeus'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T194065A2295871 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T194065A2295871.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Trimeresurus | species = rubeus | authority = (Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini, and [[Laurence Cooper Stuart|Stuart]], 2011) | synonyms = * ''Cryptelytrops rubeus'' <small>Malhotra, Thorpe, Mrinalini, and Stuart, 2011</small><ref name="Malhotra et al. 2011"/> * ''Trimeresurus rubeus'' <small>(Malhotra ''et al.'', 2011)</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}
'''''Trimeresurus rubeus''''', [[common name|commonly known]] as the '''ruby-eyed green pitviper''', is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Crotalinae|pit viper]] [[species]] endemic to [[Southeast Asia]]. It occurs in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name=RDB/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name=RDB/>
''Trimeresurus rubeus'' inhabits [[seasonal tropical forest]]s, including lightly disturbed ones. All specimens have been recorded at night in dense vegetation, often near fast-flowing streams. It is known from elevations below {{convert|500|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]]. Although most known populations occur in national parks, it can be threatened by habitat loss and harvesting for food and [[snake wine]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Malhotra et al. 2011">{{cite journal |author=Anita Malhotra |author2=Roger S. Thorpe |author3=Mrinalini |author4=Bryan L. Stuart |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=Two new species of pitviper of the genus ''Cryptelytrops'' Cope 1860 (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Southeast Asia |journal=[[Zootaxa]] |volume=2757 |pages=1–23 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02757p023.pdf |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2757.1.1 }}</ref>
<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus= Trimeresurus|species=rubeus |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> }}
==External links== * [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98701-Trimeresurus-rubeus Images at iNaturalist] {{Taxonbar|from=Q591163}}
[[Category:Trimeresurus|rubeus]] [[Category:Snakes of Asia]] [[Category:Reptiles of Cambodia]] [[Category:Snakes of Vietnam]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 2011]] [[Category:Taxa named by Bryan Lynn Stuart]]