Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Viperidae > Trimeresurus > Trimeresurus cantori

Trimeresurus cantori (Cantor's Pit Viper)

Synonyms: Cryptelytrops cantori; Lachesis cantoris; Trigonocephalus cantori; Trimeresurus cantoris; Trimeresurus viridis var. cantori

Wikipedia Abstract

Trimeresurus cantori is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. It was named after Theodore Edward Cantor (1809-1860), a Danish naturalist serving as a surgeon with the East India Company in Calcutta. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Trimeresurus cantori

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Trimeresurus cantori

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Nicobar Islands rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0