Trimeresurus strigatus

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Trimeresurus strigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. strigatus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus strigatus
Gray, 1842

Common names: horseshoe pit viper.  
 
Trimeresurus strigatus is a venomous pit viper species found in India (Western Ghats, Nilgiri Hills, Anamalai Hills, Palni Hills, Shevaroy Hills and Deccan).

[edit] References

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896 Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1842 Synopsis of the species of Rattle snakes, or Family of Crotalidae. The Zoological Miscellany 2: 47- 51.
  • Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian pitvipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; Ziegler, T.; Malhotra, A.; Thorpe, R.S. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004 Redescription and systematics of Trimeresurus cornutus (Serpentes: Viperidae)based on morphology and molecular data. Herpetologica 60 (2): 211-221

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