Cantor’s Pit Viper - Trimeresurus Cantori
Trimeresurus cantori, commonly known as the Cantor's pit viper (or Cantor's pitviper), is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. It was named after Theodore Edward Cantor (1809-1860), a Danish naturalist serving as a surgeon with the East India Company in Calcutta. No subspecies are currently recognized. Cantor’s Pit Viper Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Suborder Serpentes Family Viperidae Subfamily Crotalinae Genus Trimeresurus Scientific Name Trimeresurus cantori Description & Scalation : Head triangular, distinctly broader than neck; scales on upper surface of head small, subequal, obtusely keeled. Eye with vertical pupil. Heat sensing pit between nostril and eye. Internasals larger than adjacent scales on the upper surface of head, separated by a single scale; supraoculars narrow entire, broader than adjacent scales, 13-16 scales on ...