Craspedocephalus

Craspedocephalus
Bamboo pit viper, C. gramineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Craspedocephalus Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822

Craspedocephalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in Asia from the Indian Subcontinent to Southeast Asia. Currently 15 species are recognized.

Description[]

Most species in the genus Craspedocephalus are relatively small, primarily arboreal species, with thin bodies and prehensile tails. Most Craspedocephalus species are typically green in color, but some species also have yellow, black, orange, red, or gold markings.

Feeding[]

The diet of Craspedocephalus species includes a variety of animals, including lizards, amphibians, birds, rodents, and other small mammals.

Species[]

Image	Species	Taxon author	Subsp.*	Common name[1]	Geographic range
		(Günther, 1864)	0	Malabarian pit viper	India
	C. andalasensis	David, Vogel, Vijaykumar & Vidal, 2006	0		Indonesia: Sumatra.
	C. borneensis	W. Peters, 1872	0	Borneo pit viper	Indonesia: Borneo.
	C. brongersmai	Hoge, 1969	0	Brongersma's pit viper	Indonesia: Simalur Island.
	C. gramineus type species	Shaw, 1802	0	Common bamboo viper	Southern India.
	C. macrolepis	Beddome, 1862	0	Large-scaled pit viper	The mountains of southern India.
	C. malabaricus	Jerdon, 1854	0	Malabarian pit viper	Southern and western India at 600-2,000 m elevation.
		Pope & Pope, 1933	0		India
		Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra, & Shanker, 2021.	0		India
	C. puniceus	Boie, 1827	0	Ashy pit viper, flat-nosed pit viper	Southern Thailand, West and East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands of Siberut and North Pagai, Simalur and Java.
	C. rubeus	(, Thorpe, Mrinalini, & Stuart, 2011)	0	Ruby-eyed green pit viper	Cambodia (Mondulkiri), southern Vietnam.
	C. strigatus	Gray, 1842	0	Horseshoe pit viper	The hills of southern India.
		Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra, & Shanker, 2021	0		India
	C. trigonocephalus	, 1798	0	Ceylon pit viper, Sri Lankan green pit viper	Throughout Sri Lanka from low elevations to about 1,800 m.
	C. wiroti	Trutnau, 1981	0	Wirot's pit viper	Thailand, West Malaysia.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.

References[]

External links[]

• Data related to Craspedocephalus at Wikispecies
• Craspedocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 January 2022.