Photo of a Common Bamboo Viper (Craspedocephalus gramineus)
Photo: madhurixd, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Common Bamboo Viper

Craspedocephalus gramineus

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Craspedocephalus
Continents
Asia
Countries
7
How common
Common

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About

Common Bamboo Viper (Craspedocephalus gramineus) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and 2 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 15 more. Common: recorded in 191 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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