Hypnale hypnale

Hypnale hypnale

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: Hypnale
Species: Hypnale hypnale

Name

Hypnale hypnale (Merrem, 1820)

• Neotype: BNHS 2531.759, adult ♀. [designated by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4)]
• Type locality: “Archipelago, Arabia, Aegypto”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Castle Rock in Karnataka State, India, 15º23’52” N, 74º19’56” E, alt. 620 m”, by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4).

Combinations

• Cophias hypnale Merrem, 1820: 155 [original combination]
• T[rigonocephalus]. hypnale — Schlegel, 1837: 550 [name combination]
• Ancistrodon hypnale — Boulenger, 1890: 424 [name combination]
• Hypnale hypnale — Gloyd, 1977: 1011 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Trimesurus ceylonensis Gray, 1842: 48
  • Syntypes (2): BMNH 1.7.5.c, CG, BMNH 1.7.5.d, CG, both ♀.
  • Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

• Hypnale affinis Anderson, 1871: 20
  • Syntypes (2): ZSI A 3097, ZSI B 3097.
  • Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

• Ancistrodon millardi Wall, 1908: 792
  • Lectotype: BNHS 2531.759, adult ♀. [designated by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4)]
  • Type locality: “Castle Rock”, fixed by lectotype designation to “Castle Rock in Karnataka State, India, 15º23’52” N, 74º19’56” E, alt. 620 m”, by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4).

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of rattle-snakes, or family of Crotalidae. The Zoological Miscellany 3: 47–51.
• Anderson, J. 1871. A list of the reptilian accessions to the Indian Museum, Calcutta from 1865–1870 with a description of some new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 40: 12–38. BHL
• Wall, F. 1908. A new pit viper of the genus Ancistrodon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 792–794. BHL
• Maduwage, K., Silva, A., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale). Zootaxa 2232: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypnale hypnale. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 November 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Hump-nosed Moccasin

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