---
title: "White-lipped Island Pitviper"
description: "Trimeresurus insularis — Répteis. Trimeresurus insularis, commonly known as the Indonesian pit viper, Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper, Komodo Island pit viper, Sunda white-lipped pit viper or red-tailed pit viper, also popularly known as blue pit viper, blue viper or blue insularis, is a species of venomous pit viper found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-lipped-island-pitviper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-lipped Island Pitviper

> Trimeresurus insularis — Répteis. Trimeresurus insularis, commonly known as the Indonesian pit viper, Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper, Komodo Island pit viper, Sunda white-lipped pit viper or red-tailed pit viper, also popularly known as blue pit viper, blue viper or blue insularis, is a species of venomous pit viper found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

- Scientific name: *Trimeresurus insularis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 859
- Wikidata: [Q32809](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32809)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146509](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146509)

## Names

- en: White-lipped Island Pitviper
- de: Insel-Bambusotter
- es: Víbora isleña de labios blancos

## Countries with the most observations

ID (758), TL (23)

## Summary

Trimeresurus insularis, commonly known as the Indonesian pit viper, Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper, Komodo Island pit viper, Sunda white-lipped pit viper or red-tailed pit viper, also popularly known as blue pit viper, blue viper or blue insularis, is a species of venomous pit viper found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimeresurus_insularis

## Photo

![White-lipped Island Pitviper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-lipped-island-pitviper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394207

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-lipped-island-pitviper?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).