Craspedocephalus malabaricus: Difference between revisions

 

'''''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]]. Recently this species complex was split into three different species: ''C. malabaricus'' (north of Palghat gap), [[Craspedocephalus travancoricus|''C. travancoricus'']] (south of Shengottai gap), and [[Craspedocephalus anamallensis|''C. anamallensis'']] (south of Palghat gap up to north of Shengottai gap).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mallik |first1=Ashok Kumar |last2=Srikanthan |first2=Achyuthan Needamangalam |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>

 

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