---
title: "Malabarian Pit Viper"
description: "Craspedocephalus malabaricus — Reptiles. Craspedocephalus malabaricus, (formerly Trimeresurus malabaricus) commonly known as Malabar pit viper, Malabar rock pit viper, or rock viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the high-moderate elevations of Western Ghats of southwestern India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/malabarian-pit-viper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Malabarian Pit Viper

> Craspedocephalus malabaricus — Reptiles. Craspedocephalus malabaricus, (formerly Trimeresurus malabaricus) commonly known as Malabar pit viper, Malabar rock pit viper, or rock viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the high-moderate elevations of  Western Ghats of southwestern India.

- Scientific name: *Craspedocephalus malabaricus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 1685
- Wikidata: [Q109232820](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109232820)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1304708](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1304708)

## Names

- en: Malabarian Pit Viper
- de: Malabar-Grubenotter

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1603)

## Summary

Craspedocephalus malabaricus, (formerly Trimeresurus malabaricus) commonly known as Malabar pit viper, Malabar rock pit viper, or rock viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the high-moderate elevations of  Western Ghats of southwestern India. Recently this species complex was split into three different species: C. malabaricus (north of Palghat gap), C. travancoricus (south of Shengottai gap), and C. anamallensis (south of Palghat gap up to north of Shengottai gap).

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

## Photo

![Malabarian Pit Viper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malabarian-pit-viper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Karthick · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178942422

## Machine access

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