Trimeresurus mutabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Trimeresurus mutabilis Stoliczka, 1870: 107

Lectotype: NMW 14863: 1, adult ♂, collected in 1869 and deposited by F. Stoliczka in 1874. [designated by Vogel, David & Chandramouli (2014: 564)]
Type locality: “Andamans and Nicobars”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Camorta Island, Nicobar Archipelago, India” by Vogel, David & Chandramouli (2014: 564).

India: Nicobar Islands: Bompoka, Camorta, Chowra, Katchal, Nancowry, Teressa and Trinkat.

Stoliczka, F. 1870. Observations on some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia (Abstract). Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1870(4): 103–109. BHL Reference page.
Vogel, G., David, P. & Chandramouli, S.R. 2014. On the systematics of Trimeresurus labialis Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867, a pitviper from the Nicobar Islands (India), with revalidation of Trimeresurus mutabilis Stoliczka, 1870 (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Zootaxa 3786(5): 557–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.4 Reference page.

Deuti, K. & Mohapatra, P. 2021. IUCN: Trimeresurus mutabilis (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T127942982A127943012. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127942982A127943012.en. Accessed on 18 September 2025.