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Nepal Pit Viper

Vipers

Photo: (c) Chayant Gonsalves, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Trimeresurus septentrionalis

Basic stats

Range

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and north-western India

Size

Total length males 610mm; females 730mm

The Nepal pit viper, also called the northern white-lipped pit viper, is a venomous pit viper of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and north-western India. Its type locality is in Nepal at about 1,500m near Pokhara. It is green above, with a belly that is green, yellowish or white, and a faint ventrolateral stripe in all males that is absent in females (Wikipedia, general species account).

The head scales are small, subequal and feebly overlapping, smooth or weakly keeled, and the tip of the tail is not mottled brown. Males measure about 610mm in total and females about 730mm. The sources opened say nothing on diet, habitat or breeding, so none is stated.

Quick answers

Where is the Nepal Pit Viper found?
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and north-western India
How big is the Nepal Pit Viper?
Total length males 610mm; females 730mm
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