Trimeresurus macrolepis
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| Trimeresurus macrolepis (Beddome, 1862) |
Common names: large-scaled pit viper.
Trimeresurus macrolepis is a venomous pit viper species found in the hills of southern India.
[edit] Geographic range
Southern India. The type locality is listed as "Anamalai hills at 6000 feet elevation and Palni hills at 4000 ft elevation."
[edit] References
- Beddome, R.H. 1862 Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 5: 2
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896 Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp.
- Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
[edit] External links
- Species Trimeresurus macrolepis at the Species2000 Database
- Trimeresurus macrolepis (TSN 634921). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 27 September 2006.
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