Calloselasma
| Calloselasma |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia
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| Phylum: |
Chordata
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| Subphylum: |
Vertebrata
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| Class: |
Reptilia
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| Order: |
Squamata
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| Suborder: |
Serpentes
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| Family: |
Viperidae
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| Subfamily: |
Crotalinae
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| Genus: |
Calloselasma
Cope, 1860 |
| Species: |
C. rhodostoma
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| Binomial name |
Calloselasma rhodostoma
(Kuhl, 1824) |
| Synonyms |
- Tisiphone - Fitzinger, 1843
- Leiolepis - AMC Duméril, 1853
- Calloselasma - Cope, 1860[1]
- [Trigonocephalus] rhodostoma - Kuhl, 1824
- [Trigonocephalus] rhodostoma - F. Boie, 1827
- [Trigonocephalus] praetextatus - Gravenhorst, 1832
- Tisiphone rhodostoma - Fitzinger, 1843
- L[eiolepis]. rhodostoma - AMC Duméril, 1853
- [Calloselasma] rhodostomus - Cope, 1860
- T[isiphone]. rhodostoma - Peters, 1862
- T[rigonocephalus]. (Tisiphone) rhodostoma - Jan, 1863
- Calloselasma rhodostoma - Günther, 1864
- Calloselma rhodostoma - Morice, 1875
- Ancistrodon rhodostoma - Boettger, 1892
- Ancistrodon rhodostoma - Boulenger, 1896
- Agkistrodon rhodostoma - Barbour, 1912
- Ancistrodon (Calloselasma) rhodostoma - Bourret, 1927
- Ancistrodon annamensis - Angel, 1933
- [Agkistrodon] annamensis - Pope, 1935
- Calloselasma rhodostoma - Campden-Main, 1970[1]
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- Common names: Malayan pit viper,[2] Malayan pitviper.[3]
Calloselasma is a monotypic genus[4] created for a venomous pitviper species, C. rhodostoma, which is found in Southeast Asia from Thailand to northern Malaysia and on the island of Java.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Description
Attains an average length of 76 cm, with females being larger than males. Occasionally, they may grow as large as 91 cm.[2] This is the only Asian pit viper with large crown scales and smooth dorsal scales.[6]
Geographic range
Found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, northern West Malaysia and on the Indonesian island of Java. The type locality is listed as "Java."[1]
Habitat
Prefers coastal forests, bamboo thickets, unused and overgrown farmland, as well as forests around plantations.[2]
Reproduction
This species is oviparous and the eggs are guarded by the female after deposition.[6]
Venom
This species has a reputation for being bad-tempered and quick to strike. In northern Malaysia it is responsible for some 700 incidents of snakebite annually with a mortality rate of about 2 percent. Remarkably sedentary, it has often been found in the same spot several hours after an accident.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ^ Calloselasma (TSN 209552). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 3 November 2006.
- ^ Calloselasma rhodostoma (TSN 634882). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 3 November 2006.
- ^ a b c U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
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