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Western bamboo pit viper

Craspedocephalus occidentalis

Craspedocephalus occidentalis is a venomous species of arboreal pit viper from Southern India. It has been confused for Craspedocephalus gramineus often. It is named after the Latin word for 'west', 'occidentalis', as it is from the western portion of Southern India.

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Range & habitat

It is known to inhabit the trees in the wet forests of the Western Ghats.

== References ==

Wikipedia: “Habitat”

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1304808.