Trimeresurus andersonii

Trimeresurus andersonii is a venomous pitviper species^[1] endemic to the Andaman Islands of India. Common names include: Nicobar mangrove pit viper,^[3] Anderson's pitviper,^[4] and Andaman pit viper.

Pitviper

Trimeresurus andersonii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Trimeresurus
Species:	T. andersonii
Binomial name
Trimeresurus andersonii Theobald, 1868
Synonyms
T[rimeresurus]. Andersoni Theobald, 1868 T[rimeresurus]. obscurus Theobald, 1868 Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. Andersonii — Higgins, 1873 Trimeresurus andersonii — Boulenger, 1890 Trimeresurus acutimentalis F. Werner, 1926 Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni — M.A. Smith, 1943[1] Trimeresurus andersonii — Gumprecht et al., 2004 Cryptelytrops andersonii — Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) andersonii — David et al., 2011[2]

Etymology

The specific name, andersonii, is in honor of Scottish zoologist John Anderson,^[5] 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).^[1]