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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = PitDifferent vipermorphs headof Malabar pit viper.jpg
| image_caption= Color morphs of ''Craspedocephalus malabaricus''
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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'''''Craspedocephalus''''' '''''malabaricus''''', (formerly ''Trimeresurus malabaricus)'' commonly known as '''Malabar pit viper''', '''Malabar rock pit viper''',<ref name=Gum04>Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[:fr:Nikolaï Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> or '''rock viper''',<ref name=meh1987/> is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[pit viper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to the high-moderate elevations of [[Western Ghats]] of southwestern [[India]]. NoRecently this species complex was split into three different species: ''C. malabaricus'' (north of Palghat gap), [[subspeciesCraspedocephalus travancoricus|''C. travancoricus'']] are(south currentlyof recognisedShengottai gap), and [[Craspedocephalus anamallensis|''C. anamallensis'']] (south of Palghat gap up to north of Shengottai gap).<ref name=ITIS>{{ITISCite journal |idlast1=634923Mallik |taxonfirst1=''TrimeresurusAshok Kumar malabaricus''|accessdatelast2=11Srikanthan March|first2=Achyuthan 2007Needamangalam |last3=Ganesh |first3=Sumaithangi Rajagopalan |last4=Vijayakumar |first4=Seenapuram Palaniswamy |last5=Campbell |first5=Patrick D. |last6=Malhotra |first6=Anita |last7=Shanker |first7=Kartik |date=2021-10-06 |title=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 |url=https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/66239/ |journal=Vertebrate Zoology |volume=71 |pages=577–619 |doi=10.3897/vz.71.e66239 |doi-access=free |issn=2625-8498}}</ref>
 
[[File:Malabar Pit Viper GM.jpg|thumb|Green morph]]
[[File:MPVB.jpg|thumb|Malabar pit viper blue shade]]
 
==Description==
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{{Gallery
|Malabar pit-viper morphs (head).jpg| Collage of few different morphs
|Malabar pit viper.jpg|Dorsal view
|Trimeresurus Malabaricus.JPG|Brown morph of in ambush position
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==Distribution and habitat==
The species is endemic to [[Western Ghats]] mountains, occurring along the southern and western [[India]] at {{convert|600|-|2000|m}} elevation. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is the [[Western Ghats]] of southwestern [[India]]. Records of this species are from [[Agasthyamalai]],Silent [[Travancore]]Valley hills,National [[Periyar TigerPark|Silent ReserveValley]], [[Meghamalai]], [[Palni hills]], [[Anaimalai]], parts of lower, western [[Nilgiris]], [[Wayanad]], [[Coorg]], [[Malnad]] region of [[Karnataka]], [[Castle Rock, Karnataka|Castle Rock]], [[Goa]] and northwards into [[Maharashtra]] in the [[Amboli, Sindhudurg|Amboli]] hills. and Kolhapur area.<ref name=McD99/> It inhabits riparian forests and is very partial to hill streams and torrents, situated within dense wet [[rainforest]]s, sometimes also [[evergreen]] and [[deciduous]] forests, where it may be found on the ground, on rocks present in [[stream]] beds, on low vegetation, or in [[shrub]]s.<ref name="Das2002"/>{{verify source|date=January 2019}} Recently it is found in Korba District of Chhattisgarh. It is the first time this variety is found somewhere else than Western Ghats.
 
==Ecology==
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[[Category:TrimeresurusCraspedocephalus|malabaricus]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1854]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]
[[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Tamil Nadu]]
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