Craspedocephalus anamallensis

Taxonavigation edit

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

Craspedocephalus anamallensis (Günther, 1864)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.19.93, collected by R.H. Beddome. [designated by Mallik et al. (2021: 595)]
Type locality:“Anamallay Mountains [=Anamalai Hills]”, Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

Trimeresurus anamallensis Günther, 1864: 387 [original combination]
Lachesis anamallensis — Boulenger, 1896: 558 [subsequent combination]
Trimeresusus anammalensis — Wall, 1924: 250 [subsequent combination, restaure]
Craspedocephalus anamallensis — Mallik et al., 2021: 595 [subsequent combination]

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL 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.

English: Anamalai Pit-viper