Calloselasma

Calloselasma is a monotypic genus created for a venomous pit viper species, Calloselasma rhodostoma, which is endemic to Southeast Asia from Thailand to northern Malaysia and on the island of Java. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Calloselasma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Calloselasma
Cope, 1860
Species:
C. rhodostoma
Binomial name
Calloselasma rhodostoma
(Kuhl, 1824)
Synonyms
  • [Trigonocephalus] rhodostoma Kuhl, 1824
  • [Trigonocephalus] rhodostoma
    – F. Boie, 1827
  • [Trigonocephalus] praetextatus Gravenhorst, 1832
  • Tisiphone rhodostoma
    – Fitzinger, 1843
  • L[eiolepis]. rhodostoma
    – A.M.C. Duméril, 1853
  • [Calloselasma] rhodostomus
    – Cope, 1860
  • T[isiphone]. rhodostoma
    – W. 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
Common names: Malayan ground pit viper, Malayan pit viper, Malayan ground snake, Malayan moccasin.
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