# Craspedocephalus

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Genus of snakes

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](/source/Genus) of [pit vipers](/source/Pit_viper) found in [Asia](/source/Asia) from the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent) to [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia). Currently 14 [species](/source/Species) are recognized.

## Description

Most species in the genus *Craspedocephalus* are relatively small, primarily [arboreal](/source/Arboreal) species, with thin bodies and [prehensile](/source/Prehensility) 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 [lizards](/source/Lizard), [amphibians](/source/Amphibian), [birds](/source/Bird), [rodents](/source/Rodent), and other small [mammals](/source/Mammal).

## Species

Image Species Taxon author Subsp.* Common name[1] Geographic range C. anamallensis (Günther, 1864) 0 Malabarian pit viper India C. andalasensis David, Vogel, Vijaykumar & Vidal, 2006 0 Sumatran palm pit viper 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. C. occidentalis Pope & Pope, 1933 0 India C. peltopelor 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. strigatus Gray, 1842 0 Horseshoe pit viper The hills of southern India. C. travancoricus Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra, & Shanker, 2021 0 India C. trigonocephalus Donndorff, 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](/source/Nominotypical_subspecies).*

## See also

- [Trimeresurus](/source/Trimeresurus)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gum04_1-0)** Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [Orlov NL](/source/Nikolai_Liutsianovich_Orlov), [Captain A](/source/Ashok_Captain), Ryabov S (2004). *Asian Pitvipers*. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-937975-00-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-937975-00-4).

## External links

- Data related to [Craspedocephalus](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Craspedocephalus) at Wikispecies

- *[Craspedocephalus](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?submit=Search&genus=Craspedocephalus)* at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 6 January 2022.

Taxon identifiers Craspedocephalus Wikidata: Q99372871 Wikispecies: Craspedocephalus CoL: 8S2QR GBIF: 2444186 iNaturalist: 1304702 ITIS: 1058408

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