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Trimeresurus septentrionalis
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.