Tropidolaemus huttoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Tropidolaemus
Species: Tropidolaemus huttoni

Name

Tropidolaemus huttoni (Smith, 1949)

• Holotype: BMNH 1948.1.8.75, juvenile ♂, collected by Angus F. Hutton between 1946–1948.
• Type locality: “High Wavy Mountains, Madura District, South India, altitude 5,200 feet”.
• Paratype: BNHS 2658, juvenile ♀, same data as for the holotype.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus huttoni Smith, 1949: 596 [original combination]
• Tropidolaemus huttoni — David & Vogel, 1998: 81 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, M.A. 1949. A new species of pit viper from South India: Trimeresurus huttoni sp. nov. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 48(3): 596. BHL
• David, P. & Vogel, G. 1998. Redescription of Trimeresurus huttoni Smith, 1949 (Serpentes, Crotalinae), with a discussion of its relationships. Hamadryad 22(2): 73–87. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Tropidolaemus huttoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2019.
• Ganesh, S.R. & Achyuthan, N.S. 2021. IUCN: Tropidolaemus huttoni  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T202852A2757341. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202852A2757341.en. Accessed on 13 April 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Hutton’s Pit Viper