Craspedocephalus

Craspedocephalus puniceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Craspedocephalus
Species (14): C. anamallensis – C. andalasensis – C. borneensis – C. brongersmai – C. gramineus – C. macrolepis – C. malabaricus – C. occidentalis – C. peltopelor – C. puniceus – C. strigatus – C. travancoricus – C. trigonocephalus – C. wiroti

Name

Craspedocephalus Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822: 100

• Type species: Craspedocephalus puniceus Kuhl, 1824, by subsequent designation (monotypy) by Kuhl (1824: 80).

Synonyms

• Peltopelor Günther, 1864: 390
  • Type species: Trimeresurus macrolepis Beddome, 1862, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Kuhl, K. & Van Hasselt, J.C. 1822. Uittreksel uit de brieven van Heeren Kuhl en van Hasselt, aan de Heeren C.J. Temminck, Th. van Swinderen en W. de Haan. Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode 7: 99–104. Reference page. 
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Reference page. 
• Guo, P., Jadin, R.C., Malhotra, A. & Li, C. 2010. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica 91(4): 402–407. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00413.x Reference page. 
• Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C.E. & Thorpe, R.S. 2010. Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(1): 172–178. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.007 Reference page. 
• David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2992.1.1 Reference page. 
• Guo, P., Liu, Q., Zhong, G.-H., Zhu, F., Yan, F., Tang, T., Xiao, R., Fang, M., Wang, P. & Fu, X. 2015. Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 36(3): 265–276. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003004 Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Ganesh, S.R., Vijayakumar, S.P., Campbell, P.D., Malhotra, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. 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 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Craspedocephalus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 December 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers

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