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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)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesLectotype: NHMUK 1946.1.19.93, 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. 
Diagnosis 
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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