{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Bomboo Pit Viper Tremeresurus graminus.jpg | image_caption = Bamboo pit viper, ''[[Craspedocephalus gramineus|C. gramineus]]'' | taxon = Craspedocephalus | authority = [[Heinrich Kuhl|Kuhl]] & [[Johan Conrad van Hasselt|van Hasselt]], 1822 | synonyms =
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'''''Craspedocephalus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[pit viper]]s found in [[Asia]] from the [[Indian subcontinent]] to [[Southeast Asia]]. Currently 14 [[species]] are recognized.
==Description== Most species in the genus ''Craspedocephalus'' are relatively small, primarily [[arboreal]] species, with thin bodies and [[prehensility|prehensile]] tails. Most species are typically green in color, with some species having yellow, black, orange, red, or gold markings.
==Feeding== The diet of ''Craspedocephalus'' species include [[lizard]]s, [[amphibian]]s, [[bird]]s, [[rodent]]s, and other small [[mammal]]s.
==Species== {|class="wikitable" !Image !Species !Taxon author !Subsp.* !Common name<ref name="Gum04">Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S (2004). ''Asian Pitvipers''. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> !Geographic range |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus anamallensis|C. anamallensis]]'' |([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1864) |align="center"|0 |style="width:20%"|Malabarian pit viper |style="width:35%"|[[India]] |- |[[File:Baby Sumatran Palm Pit Viper (Trimeresurus andalasensis) (23927643320).jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus andalasensis|C. andalasensis]]'' |David, Vogel, Vijaykumar & Vidal, 2006 |align="center"|0 |Sumatran palm pit viper |Indonesia: [[Sumatra]]. |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus borneensis|C. borneensis]]'' |[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1872 |align="center"|0 |Borneo pit viper |Indonesia: [[Borneo]]. |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus brongersmai|C. brongersmai]]'' |[[:fr:Alphonse Richard Hoge|Hoge]], 1969 |align="center"|0 |Brongersma's pit viper |Indonesia: Simalur Island. |- |[[File:Trimeresurus gramineus cropped.jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus gramineus|C. gramineus]]''<br>'''[[type species]]''' |[[George Shaw (biologist)|Shaw]], 1802 |align="center"|0 |Common bamboo viper |Southern India. |- |[[File:Trimeresurus macrolepis profile.jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus macrolepis|C. macrolepis]]'' |[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1862 |align="center"|0 |Large-scaled pit viper |The mountains of southern India. |- |[[File:Pit viper head.jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus malabaricus|C. malabaricus]]'' |[[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1854 |align="center"|0 |Malabarian pit viper |Southern and western India at 600–2,000 m elevation. |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus occidentalis|C. occidentalis]]'' |Pope & Pope, 1933 |align="center"|0 | |India |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus peltopelor|C. peltopelor]]'' |Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra, & Shanker, 2021. |align="center"|0 | |India |- |[[File:Trimeresurus puniceus vipere nez plat 67.jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus puniceus|C. puniceus]]'' |Boie, 1827 |align="center"|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. |- |[[File:Horse-shoe pitviper Trimeresurus strigatus.jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus strigatus|C. strigatus]]'' |Gray, 1842 |align="center"|0 |Horseshoe pit viper |The hills of southern India. |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus travancoricus|C. travancoricus]]'' |Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra, & Shanker, 2021 |align="center"|0 | |India |- |[[File:Sri Lanka Green Pit Viper.jpg|190px]] |''[[Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus|C. trigonocephalus]]'' |[[Johann August Donndorff|Donndorff]], 1798 |align="center"|0 |Ceylon pit viper, Sri Lankan green pit viper |Throughout Sri Lanka from low elevations to about 1,800 m. |- | |''[[Craspedocephalus wiroti|C. wiroti]]'' |Trutnau, 1981 |align="center"|0 |Wirot's pit viper |Thailand, West Malaysia. |} ''*) Not including the [[Nominotypical subspecies|nominate subspecies]].''
==See also== * [[Trimeresurus]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Wikispecies inline}} *{{NRDB genus|genus=Craspedocephalus |date=6 January |year=2022}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q99372871}}
[[Category:Craspedocephalus]] [[Category:Snake genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Kuhl]] [[Category:Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt]]