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Craspedocephalus travancoricus MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, GANESH, VIJAYAKUMAR, CAMPBELL, MALHOTRA & SHANKER, 2021

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCraspedocephalus travancoricus MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, GANESH, VIJAYAKUMAR, CAMPBELL, MALHOTRA & SHANKER 2021: 599
Peltopelor travancoricus — MIRZA et al. 2023
Craspedocephalus (Peltopelor) travancoricus — IDIIATULLINA et al. 2023 (by implication) 
DistributionIndia (Kerala)

Type Locality. Peppara (8°39.7167’N; 77°10.7167’E), Kerala, a part of the Agasthyamalai Hill complex of the Southern Western Ghats.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 3595 (CESS074) from Bonnakard, Peppara, Kerala by Saunak Pal and S. P. Vijayakumar in 2010; BNHS 2607 from Thiruvananthapuram, collector and year unknown. — Paratype: BNHS 3594 (CESS257) from Devarmalai, Tamil Nadu by Saunak Pal and Mrugank Prabhu in 2011. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3853 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
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References
  • 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
 
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