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Nepal Pitviper

Trimeresurus septentrionalis

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Viperidae

Trimeresurus septentrionalis, commonly known as the Nepal pit viper or northern white-lipped pit viper, is a venomous pit viper species found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India. Description Total length males 610 mm, females 730 mm. The head scalation consists of 10–11(12) upper labials, the first of which are fused to the nasal.

Distribution

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