Common names: Malayan ground pit viper, Malayan pit viper, Malayan ground snake, Malayan moccasin, Javan pit viper, Indonesian pit viper.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Venomous. The note covers its whole family. Vipers and pit vipers; all species venomous Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hypnale hypnale — venomous
- Porthidium yucatanicum — venomous
- Bothrops moojeni — considered venomous
- Protobothrops mucrosquamatus — venomous
- Deinagkistrodon acutus — venomous
- Protobothrops elegans — venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Calloselasma
- Species
- Calloselasma rhodostoma
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