# Trimeresurus cantori

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Species of snake

Trimeresurus cantori Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Genus: Trimeresurus Species: T. cantori Binomial name Trimeresurus cantori (Blyth, 1846) Synonyms Trigonocephalus Cantori Blyth, 1846 Trimesurus viridis var. Cantori — Blyth, 1861 Trim[eresurus]. Cantori — Stoliczka, 1870 Trimeresurus Cantoris Stoliczka, 1870 Lachesis cantoris — Boulenger, 1896 Trimeresurus cantori — M.A. Smith, 1943[2] Cryptelytrops cantori — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) cantori — David et al., 2011[3]

***Trimeresurus cantori***, also [commonly known](/source/Common_name) as **Cantor's pit viper**[4] or **Cantor's pitviper**,[5] is a [species](/source/Species) of [venomous](/source/Venomous_snake) [pit viper](/source/Pit_viper) in the [subfamily](/source/Subfamily) Crotalinae of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Viperidae](/source/Viperidae). The species is native to the [Nicobar Islands](/source/Nicobar_Islands) and possibly the [Andaman Islands](/source/Andaman_Islands) of the eastern [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean).[6] It was named after [Theodore Edward Cantor](/source/Theodore_Edward_Cantor) (1809–1860), a [Danish](/source/Danes) [naturalist](/source/Naturalist) serving as a [surgeon](/source/Surgeon) with the [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) in [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata).[7] No [subspecies](/source/Subspecies) are recognized as being valid.[6]

## Geographic range

*Trimeresurus cantori* is found in the [Nicobar Islands](/source/Nicobar_Islands) (which are in the [Bay of Bengal](/source/Bay_of_Bengal)), [India](/source/India), and possibly in the [Andaman Islands](/source/Andaman_Islands). The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) given is "Nicobars".[2]

## Description

Adults of *Trimeresurus cantori* may attain a [snout-to-vent length](/source/Snout-vent_length) (SVL) of 115 cm (45 in).[8] [Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) reported that an adult female with a total length (tail included) of 102 cm (40 in) had a tail 14 cm (5.5 in) long.[9]

This species varies in pattern and color. [Dorsally](/source/Dorsum_(anatomy)), it may be green, dark brown, or light brown. Green individuals may have yellow spots, and brown specimens may have darker spots. Running along each side of the head, below the eye and above the upper lip, is a cream-colored stripe. There is also a cream-colored stripe on the first row of [dorsal scales](/source/Dorsal_scales) on each side of the body. Ventrally, it is greenish or cream-colored, with some brown spots on the underside of the tail.[8]

The weakly [keeled](/source/Keeled_scales) dorsal scales are arranged in 27–31 rows at midbody. The [ventrals](/source/Ventral_scales) number 174–184. The anal plate is entire, and the [subcaudals](/source/Subcaudal_scales), which are divided (paired), number 55–76.[9]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitat](/source/Habitat) of *Trimeresurus cantori* is [forest](/source/Forest), at altitudes from sea level to 200 m (660 ft), but it has also been found in coconut plantations and rural gardens.[1]

## Behavior

*Trimeresurus cantori* is [nocturnal](/source/Nocturnality) and will hunt near houses.[8]

## Diet

*Trimeresurus cantori* [preys](/source/Predation) upon small [mammals](/source/Mammal) and [birds](/source/Bird).[8]

## Venom

The species *Trimeresurus cantori* possesses a potent [venom](/source/Venom), and some of its bites to humans have resulted in fatalities.[8]

## Reproduction

*Trimeresurus cantori* is [viviparous](/source/Viviparity).[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_1-1) [Mohapatra P](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pratyush_P._Mohapatra) (2021). "*Trimeresurus cantori* ". The [IUCN](/source/IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species 2021: [https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T194059A2295681.en](https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T194059A2295681.en). Accessed on 08 January 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-McD99_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-McD99_2-1) [McDiarmid RW](/source/Roy_Wallace_McDiarmid), [Campbell JA](/source/Jonathan_A._Campbell), [Touré TA](/source/T'Shaka_A._Tour%C3%A9) (1999). *Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1*. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-893777-00-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-893777-00-6) (series). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-893777-01-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-893777-01-4) (volume).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_3-1) Species *[Trimeresurus cantori](https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Trimeresurus&species=cantori)* at [The Reptile Database](http://www.reptile-database.org/) www.reptile-database.org.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bro73_4-0)** [Brown, John Haynes](/source/John_Haynes_Brown) (1973). *Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes*. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-398-02808-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-398-02808-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gum04_5-0)** [Gumprecht A](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Gumprecht), [Tillack F](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tillack), [Orlov NL](/source/Nikolai_Liutsianovich_Orlov), [Captain A](/source/Ashok_Captain), [Ryabov S](/source/Sergei_Aleksandrovich_Ryabov) (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).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ITIS_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ITIS_6-1) ["*Trimeresurus cantori*"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634907). [Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System). Retrieved 27 September 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Beolens, Bo](/source/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](/source/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)); [Grayson, Michael](/source/Michael_Grayson) (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (*Trimeresurus cantori*, p. 47).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Das2002_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Das2002_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Das2002_8-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Das2002_8-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Das2002_8-4) [Das I](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indraneil_Das) (2002). *A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India*. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88359-056-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88359-056-5). (*Trimeresurus cantori*, p. 65).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Blgr1896_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Blgr1896_9-1) [Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (1896). *Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ*. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (*Lachesis cantoris*, p. 551).

## Further reading

- [Blyth E](/source/Edward_Blyth) (1846). "Notes on the Fauna of the Nicobar Islands". *Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal* **15**: 367–379. (*Trigonocephalus cantori*, new species, p. 377).

- [Das I](/source/Indraneil_Das) (1999). "Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". pp. 43–77. ***In*:** Ota H (editor) (1999). *Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation*. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 353 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0444501950](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0444501950).

- [Parkinson CL](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Christopher_L._Parkinson) (1999). "Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences". *Copeia* **1999** (3): 576–586.

v t e Snakes in the genus Trimeresurus Trimeresurus albolabris Trimeresurus ayerwadyensis Trimeresurus borneensis Trimeresurus brongersmai Trimeresurus cantori Trimeresurus erythrurus Trimeresurus fasciatus Trimeresurus flavomaculatus Trimeresurus gracilis Trimeresurus gramineus Trimeresurus hageni Trimeresurus kanburiensis Trimeresurus karanshahi Trimeresurus labialis Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus Trimeresurus salazar Trimeresurus stejnegeri Trimeresurus sumatranus Trimeresurus tibetanus Trimeresurus trigonocephalus

Taxon identifiers Trimeresurus cantori Wikidata: Q3011829 Wikispecies: Trimeresurus cantori ADW: Trimeresurus_cantori CoL: 7D5NJ EoL: 461443 GBIF: 2444772 iNaturalist: 30969 IRMNG: 11206948 ITIS: 634907 IUCN: 194059 NCBI: 44711 Open Tree of Life: 548984 RD: cantori Trigonocephalus cantori Wikidata: Q109512958 ITIS: 1058675

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