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Craspedocephalus puniceus (BOIE, 1827)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ashy Pit Viper, Flat-nosed pitviper 
SynonymCophias punicea BOIE 1827: 561
Craspedocephalus puniceus — KUHL 1824
Vipera punicea SCHLEGEL 1826: 239 (nomen nudum)
Atropos puniceus — WAGLER 1830
Trigonocephalus puniceus — SCHLEGEL 1837
Atropos acontia (nec Vipera acontia LAURENTI 1768) — GRAY 1842
? Atropos puniceus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1519
Atropophis puniceus — PETERS 1872
Bothrops puniceus — LIDTH DE JEUDE 1890
Trimeresurus puniceus — BOETTGER 1892
Lachesis puniceus — BOULENGER 1896
Lachesis puniceus — DE ROOIJ 1917: 286
Trimeresurus puniceus — GRANDISON 1972: 97
Trimeresurus puniceus — HARDING & WELCH 1980
Trimeresurus puniceus — WELCH 1994: 115
Trimeresurus puniceus — COX et al. 1998: 24
Trimeresurus puniceus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 341
Trimeresurus puniceus — TU et al. 2000
Trimeresurus puniceus — MALHOTRA & THORPE 2004
Trimeresurus (Craspedocephalus) puniceus — DAVID et al. 2011
Craspedocephalus puniceus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 188
Craspedocephalus puniceus — GUO et al. 2018
Craspedocephalus puniceus — MALLIK et al. 2021
Craspedocephalus puniceus — MIRZA et al. 2023 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Sumatra, Simalur, Mentawai, Natuna Archipelago)

Type locality: “Java”  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntypes: RMNH 1557 and RMNH 1558a–b, all females; Based on a specimen in the "Musee des Pays-Bas" and possibly a description in the unpublished manuscript titled Erpetologie de Java. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of the genus Trimeresurus from Java Island and South Sumatra, characterized by the combination of the following characters: (1) an overall grey or brown pattern with 20–30 darker crossbands, distinctly related to the sex: in males, background colour in various shades of grey or yellowish-brown, with darker, irregular, constricted, dorsolateral blotches, often heavily powdered with cream and dark dots, giving an “ashy”1293 or lichen-like appearance; in females, pattern much less contrasted in shades of grey or yellowhish-brown with more or less brown subrectangular dorsolateral blotches; males are more brightly colored, with a more complex and contrasted pattern than females, but not overally darker or lighter than females; (2) a distinctly projected and raised snout, strongly obliquely truncated when seen from the side, rounded or subrectangular seen from above; (3) internasals normal or weakly bilobate, either sligthly raised or upturned, or flat; (4) 21 or 23 (rarely 19) DSR at midbody; (5) 1st supralabial distinct from nasal; (6) 2nd supralabials never bordering the loreal pit, topped by a prefoveal scale; (7) 2–5 small, distinctly raised supraoculars; (8) VEN: 153–167, SC: 41–59; (9) occipital and temporal scales distinctly keeled in both sexes; (10) IL of the first pair not in contact each with the other; (11) hemipenes short, reaching 11–13th SC, nearly entirely spinose [from DAVID et al. 2006].


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CommentVenomous!

The relationships of this species with T. borneensis and T. brongersmai are still under discussion (see these species). Old Bornean reports of Trimeresurus puniceus often refer to T. borneensis (both species are very similar).

Distribution: Not in Thailand fide GUMPRECHT & BULIAN 2003.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).

Type species: Cophias punicea BOIE 1827: 561 is the type species of the genus Craspedocephalus KUHL & HASSELT 1822. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin pūnicus +‎ -eus, meaning "pure lively red, scarlet, crimson". An apparent reference to the redish appearance of the species. 
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