- Source: Trimeresurus andersonii
Trimeresurus andersonii is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Andaman Islands of India.
Common names include: Nicobar mangrove pit viper, Anderson's pitviper, and Andaman pit viper.
Etymology
The specific name, andersonii, is in honor of Scottish zoologist John Anderson, who worked in India 1864-1886 and was the first curator of the Indian Museum in Calcutta (now called Kolkata).
Geographic range
T. andersonii is found only in the Andaman Islands of India. The type locality given by Theobald (1868) is "No record", which was restricted to "Andaman Islands" by Regenass and Kramer (1981).
References
Further reading
External links
Trimeresurus andersonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2012.
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