Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates

© Rune Midtgaard


Taxonomy of the family Viperidae
Bibliography of the genus Peltopelor
Biodiversity of the family Viperidae








Genus
Peltopelor

Large-scaled Pitviper

Großschuppen-Bambusotter

Storskællet Træhugorm

1864 Peltopelor Günther (type species: Trimesurus macrolepis Beddome 1862)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included in Trimeresurus (e.g., McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999). Revalidated by Malhotra & Thorpe (2004).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Peltopelor macrolepis

Large-scaled Pitviper

Großschuppen-Bambusotter

Storskællet Træhugorm

1862 Trimesurus Macrolepis Beddome
Peltopelor macrolepis Günther 1864
Trigonocephalus macrolepis Ferguson 1895
Lachesis macrolepis Boulenger 1896

Remarks: Reported also from Goa by Lobo (2002), but considering how far Goa is from the nearest other records, and the fact that the author did not even comment on this remarkable extention of the distribution of the species, this record is considered doubtful.
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).