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

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Agasthyamali large-scaled Pit Viper
Synonym	Craspedocephalus peltopelor MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, GANESH, VIJAYAKUMAR, CAMPBELL, MALHOTRA & SHANKER 2021: 586 Peltopelor peltopelor — MIRZA et al. 2023 Craspedocephalus (Peltopelor) peltopelor — IDIIATULLINA et al. 2023 (by implication)
Distribution	India (W Western Ghats) Type locality: Chemmunji, in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Agastyamalai Hill Complex, Southern Western Ghats, 08°40.7’N; 77°11.55’E.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BNHS 3593, collected in 2010, by Saunak P. Pal & S.P. Vijayakumar. Paratype (BNHS 2950) from Tirunelveli Hills (Agasthyamalai), collected in 1976 by Romulus Whitaker.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Günther’s erstwhile generic nomen that alludes to the shield-like, large scales (peltē: shield/scale, pelor(o)-: a term meaning monstrous [or literally huge], in Greek).
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 Kwet, Axel 2022. Liste der im Jahr 2021 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2022 (3): 48-69 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
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/E79F04B6-4F5E-4AF5-B1DD-EA0-26B6B936B https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/361880909369847 Google images

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