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title: "Wagler's Pit Viper"
description: "Tropidolaemus wagleri — Reptiles. Tropidolaemus wagleri, more commonly known as Wagler's pit viper, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/wagler-s-pit-viper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Wagler's Pit Viper

> Tropidolaemus wagleri — Reptiles. Tropidolaemus wagleri, more commonly known as Wagler's pit viper, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.

- Scientific name: *Tropidolaemus wagleri*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 3585
- Wikidata: [Q577013](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577013)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30936](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30936)

## Names

- en: Wagler's Pit Viper
- de: Waglers Bambusotter
- fr: Crotale de Wagler
- nl: Wagler's lanspuntslang

## Countries with the most observations

SG (2121), ID (445), TH (404), MY (358)

## Summary

Tropidolaemus wagleri, more commonly known as Wagler's pit viper, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. It is sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidolaemus_wagleri

## Photo

![Wagler's Pit Viper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wagler-s-pit-viper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8459229

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wagler-s-pit-viper?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).