Trimeresurus cantori

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Trimeresurus cantori

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. cantori

Binomial name

Trimeresurus cantori
(Blyth, 1846)

Synonyms

Trigonocephalus Cantori - Blyth, 1846
Trimesurus viridis var. Cantori - Blyth, 1861
Trim[eresurus]. Cantori - Stoliczka, 1870
Trimeresurus Cantoris - Stoliczka, 1870
Lachesis cantoris - Boulenger, 1896
Trimeresurus cantori - M.A. Smith, 1943^[1]

Common names: Cantor's pitviper,^[2] Cantor's pit viper.^[3]

Trimeresurus cantori is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. It was named after Theodore E. Cantor (1809-1860), a Danish naturalist serving as a surgeon with the East India Company in Calcutta. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[4]

1 Geographic range
2 See also
3 References
4 Further reading
5 External links

[edit] Geographic range

Found in the Nicobar Islands (India), which is in the Bay of Bengal, and possibly in the Andaman Islands. The type locality given is "Nicobars."^[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
^ Trimeresurus cantori (TSN 634907). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 27 September 2006.

[edit] Further reading

Blyth, E. 1846 J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 15: 377
Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77
Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
Parkinson,C.L. 1999 Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Copeia 1999 (3): 576-586