Trimeresurus cantori

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: Trimeresurus
Subgenus: Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus)
Species: Trimeresurus cantori

Name

• Trimeresurus cantori (Blyth, 1846)

Holotype: ZSI 2959.

Type locality: “Nicobar Islands”.

Combinations

• Trigonocephalus cantori Blyth, 1846: 377 [original combination]
• Trimeresurus viridis cantori — Blyth, 1861: 110 [subsequent combination]
• Trimeresurus cantori — Günther, 1864 [subsequent combination]
• Lachesis cantori — Boulenger, 1896: 551 [subsequent combination]
• Cryptelytrops cantori — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 [subsequent combination]
• Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) cantori — David et al., 2011 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. Blyth, E. 1846. Notes on the fauna of the Nicobar islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15: 367–379. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trimeresurus cantori. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 March 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Cantor's Pit Viper