Malayan Pit Viper
Calloselasma rhodostoma
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Calloselasma
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 6
- How common
- Common
About
Malayan Pit Viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 12 more. Common: recorded in 214 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Malay Peninsula Rainforest
- Thailand Tropical Forest
- Thailand Dry Forest
- Indochina Dry Forest
- Indochina Rainforest
- Java Rainforest
- Java Montane Forest
Related snakes
- Bothrops sonene
- Hetfield's Bush Viper Atheris hetfieldi
- Arunachal Pitviper Trimeresurus arunachalensis
- Crotalus caliginis
- San Esteban Island Rattlesnake Crotalus estebanensis
- Veracruz Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus mictlantecuhtli
- Tehuantepec Isthmus Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus ehecatl
- Nabang Pitviper Trimeresurus caudornatus
- Crotalus muertensis
- Salazar's Pit Viper Trimeresurus salazar
- Alashan pitviper Gloydius cognatus
- Laophis crotaloides
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.