Synonyms

• Peltopelor Günther, 1864: 390
  • Type species: Trimeresurus macrolepis Beddome, 1862, by monotypy.

Primary references

• Kuhl, K. & Van Hasselt, J.C. 1822. Uittreksel uit de brieven van Heeren Kuhl en van Hasselt, aan de Heeren C.J. Temminck, Th. van Swinderen en W. de Haan. Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode 7: 99–104. Reference page. 

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Reference page. 

• Guo, P., Jadin, R.C., Malhotra, A. & Li, C. 2010. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica 91(4): 402–407. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00413.x Reference page. 

• Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C.E. & Thorpe, R.S. 2010. Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(1): 172–178. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.007 Reference page. 

• David, P., Vogel, G. & Dubois, A. 2011. On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa 2992: 1–51. Preview PDF. Reference page. 

• Guo, P., Liu, Q., Zhong, G.-H., Zhu, F., Yan, F., Tang, T., Xiao, R., Fang, M., Wang, P. & Fu, X. 2015. Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 36(3): 265–276. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003004 Reference page. 

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 

• Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Ganesh, S.R., Vijayakumar, S.P., Campbell, P.D., Malhotra, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 577–619. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e66239 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Craspedocephalus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 December 2021.

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