Tropidolaemus huttoni

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

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.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. 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.

English: Hutton’s Pit Viper