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Craspedocephalus anamallensis (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Malabarian Pit Viper 
SynonymTrimeresurus anamallensis GÜNTHER 1864: 387
Lachesis anamallensis BOULENGER 1896
Lachesis anamallensis — WALL 1906: 322
Craspedocephalus malabaricus — MALLIK et al. 2021: 590
Peltopelor anamallensis — MIRZA et al. 2023
Craspedocephalus (Peltopelor) anamallensis — IDIIATULLINA et al. 2023 (by implication) 
DistributionS India (Kerala)

Type locality: Anamallay hills (=Anamalai hills)  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesLectotype: NHMUK 1946.1.19.93 = BMNH, collected by R.H. Beddome, designated by Mallik et al. 2021; Paralectotypes: NHMUK 1946.1.18.73–74, NHMUK 1946.1.19.82, NHMUK 1946.1.19.89, NHMUK 1946.1.19.94–95, and NHMUK 1946.1.20.3, from Anamallay hills (=Anamalai hills) collected by R.H. Beddome. — Other specimens: CESS178 from Topslip, Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, by Ashok Kumar Mallik, 2011; CESS181, Orukomban Range, Parambikulam, Kerala by Ashok Kumar Mallik in 2011; CESS166 from Goodrickal Range, Kakki, Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, by Saunak P. Pal, 2011. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3556 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018, by implication). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet anamallensis is a toponym, alluding to its type locality-the Anamalai hills of the Southern Western Ghats. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here
  • Idiiatullina SS, Pawangkhanant P, Tawan T, Worranuch T, Dechochai B, Suwannapoom C, Nguyen TV, Chanhome L, Poyarkov NA 2023. Limestone jewel: A new colourful karst-dwelling pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus) from the poorly explored borderlands of southern peninsular Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 697-716 - get paper here
  • Mallik AK, Srikanthan AN, Ganesh SR, Vijayakumar SP, Campbell PD, Malhotra A, Shanker K 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 - get paper here
  • Mirza ZA, H. T. Lalremsanga, Bhosale H, Gowande G, Patel H, Idiatullina SS, Poyarkov NA 2023. Systematics of Trimeresurus popeiorum Smith, 1937 with a revised molecular phylogeny of Asian pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 sensu lato. Evolutionary Systematics 7(1): 91-104 - get paper here
  • Wall, F. 1906. The poisonous snakes of India and how to recognize them, Part II. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 299-334 - get paper here
  • Wall,F. 1919. Notes on a collection of Snakes made in the Nilgiri Hills and the adjacent Wynaad. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26: 552-584 - get paper here
 
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