Maduwage, Kalana;Silva, Anjana;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum;Pethiyagoda, Rohan
Hypnale
Sign in to saveCommon names: hump-nosed vipers, hump-nosed pit vipers.
Species
Hump-nosed Viper
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyViperidae
Observations849
Observations recorded1,001
Hypnale es un género de serpientes venenosas de la familia Viperidae. Sus especies se distribuyen por el sur del subcontinente indio y Sri Lanka.
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Hypnale
- taxon name
- Hypnale
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hypnale
- Commons gallery
- Hypnale
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Description
- Geographic range
- Habitat
- Behavior
- Feeding
- Reproduction
- Species
- Taxonomy
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Common names: hump-nosed vipers, hump-nosed pit vipers.
Hypnale is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Sri Lanka and southwestern India. Three monotypic species are currently recognized (no subspecies). All members have more or less upturned snouts that produce a hump-nosed effect.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hypnale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.