Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni

Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni

Scientific classification

Binomial name

Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni
Theobald, 1868

Synonyms

Common names: Nicobar mangrove pit viper,^[2] Anderson's pitviper.^[3]

Trimeresurus andersonii is a venomous pitviper subspecies^[1] found in the Andaman Islands of India.

Geographic range

Found in the Andaman Islands (India). The type locality: "No record." Given as "Andaman Islands" by Regenass and Kramer (1981).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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).
^ 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.

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Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004 Asian Pit Vipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
Malhotra, A. & R. S. THORPE. 1996 New perspectives on the evolution of south-east Asian Pit Vipers (genus Trimeresurus) from molecular studies. In: Venomous snakes: ecology, evolution and snakebite. pp: 115-128. R. S. Thorpe, W. Wüster and A. Malhotra (eds). The Zoological Society of London/Clarendon Press, Oxford. [1997]
Theobald, W. 1868 Cat. Rept. Asiatic Soc. Mus.: 75.