Craspedocephalus malabaricus

Craspedocephalus malabaricus
Color morphs of Craspedocephalus malabaricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Craspedocephalus
Species:
C. malabaricus
Binomial name
Craspedocephalus malabaricus
(Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms
List
    • Trigonocephalus (Cophias) malabaricus Jerdon, 1854
    • Trigonocephalus (Cophias) wardii Jerdon, 1854
    • Trimesurus Malabaricus
      – Beddome, 1862
    • Trimesurus Wardii – Beddome, 1862
    • Trimeresurus anamallensis
      Günther, 1864
    • Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. anamallensis – Higgins, 1873
    • Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. Wardii
      – Higgins, 1873
    • B[othrops]. anamallensis
      – F. Müller, 1878
    • Lachesis anamallensis – Boulenger, 1896
    • Lachesis malabaricus – Rao, 1917
    • Lachesis coorgensis Rao, 1917
    • Trimeresurus (Craspedocephalus) malabaricus – David et al., 2011[2]

Craspedocephalus malabaricus, (formerly Trimeresurus malabaricus) commonly known as Malabar pit viper, Malabar rock pit viper,[3] or rock viper,[4] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the high-moderate elevations of Western Ghats of southwestern India. Recently this species complex was split into three different species: C. malabaricus (north of Palghat gap), C. travancoricus (south of Shengottai gap), and C. anamallensis (south of Palghat gap up to north of Shengottai gap).[5]

  1. ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Shankar, G.; Thakur, S.; Kulkarni, N.U. & Jose, J. (2013). " Craspedocephalus malabaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172708A1372028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172708A1372028.en.
  2. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference meh1987 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Srikanthan, Achyuthan Needamangalam; Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan; Vijayakumar, Seenapuram Palaniswamy; Campbell, Patrick D.; Malhotra, Anita; Shanker, Kartik (6 October 2021). "Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity". Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 577–619. doi:10.3897/vz.71.e66239. ISSN 2625-8498.