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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
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| 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]].
==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
==Ecology==
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[[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]] <!-- Craspedocephalus malabaricus --> |