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Craspedocephalus occidentalis

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Craspedocephalus occidentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Craspedocephalus
Species:
C. occidentalis
Binomial name
Craspedocephalus occidentalis
(Pope & Pope, 1933)
Synonyms [1] [2]

Trimeresurus occidentalisPope & Pope, 1933

Craspedocephalus occidentalis is a venomous species of arboreal pit viper from Southern India. It has been confused for Craspedocephalus gramineus often. It is named after the Latin word for 'west', 'occidentalis', as it is from the western portion of Southern India. [1] [3]

Habitat

It is known to inhabit the trees in the wet forests of the Western Ghats. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Craspedocephalus occidentalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Craspedocephalus occidentalis (Pope & Pope, 1933)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Srikanthan, Achyuthan Needamangalam; Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan; Vijayakumar, Seenapuram Palaniswamy; Campbell, Patrick D.; Malhotra, Anita; Shanker, Kartik (2021-10-06). "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. doi: 10.3897/vz.71.e66239 .
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