Trimeresurus andersonii

Trimeresurus andersonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. andersonii
Binomial name
Trimeresurus andersonii
Theobald, 1868
Synonyms
  • T[rimeresurus]. Andersoni
    Theobald, 1868
  • T[rimeresurus]. obscurus
    Theobald, 1868
  • Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. Andersonii
    — Higgins, 1873
  • Trimeresurus andersonii
    — Boulenger, 1890
  • Trimeresurus acutimentalis
    F. Werner, 1926
  • Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943[1]
  • Trimeresurus andersonii
    — Gumprecht et al., 2004
  • Cryptelytrops andersonii
    — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) andersonii
    — David et al., 2011[2]

Trimeresurus andersonii is a venomous pitviper species[1] endemic to the Andaman Islands of India. Common names include: Nicobar mangrove pit viper,[3] Anderson's pitviper,[4] and Andaman pit viper.

Pitviper
  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Trimeresurus andersonii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  4. ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.