Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. trigonocephalus
Binomial name
Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
(Donndorff, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Coluber capite-triangulatus Lacépède, 1789
  • Col[uber]. Trigonocephalus Donndorff, 1798
  • Vipera trigonocephala
    Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
  • Trigonocephalus nigromarginatus Kuhl, 1820 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • [Cophias] trigonocephalus
    Merrem, 1820
  • Trigonoceph[alus]. sagittiformis Schinz, 1822
  • Megaera trigonocephala
    Wagler, 1830
  • Megaera olivacea Gray, 1842
    (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • Bothrops nigromarginatus
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
    Günther, 1864
  • Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
    – M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Lachesis trigonocephalus
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis trigonocephala
    Boettger, 1898
  • Trimeresurus capitetriangulatus
    Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
    – Golay et al., 1993[2]
  • Trimeresurus (Craspedocephalus) trigonocephalus – David et al., 2011[3]

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus, the Sri Lankan pit viper,[4] Ceylon pit viper,[3] Sri Lankan green pitviper[3] or locally, pala polonga, (Sinhala: පළා පොළඟා) is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Sri Lanka. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

  1. ^ de Silva, A. (2021). "Trimeresurus trigonocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T197166A123311912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197166A123311912.en. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ a b c d Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ^ "Sri Lankan pit viper (Trimeresurus trigonocephalus)". Wildscreen Arkive. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-07-20.

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