Hypnale: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Hypnale
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Hypnale
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hypnale
- Common names: hump-nosed vipers, hump-nosed pit vipers.
Hypnale is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Sri Lanka and southwestern India. Three monotypic species are currently recognized (no subspecies). All members have more or less upturned snouts that produce a hump-nosed effect.
...Hypnale in languages:
- Czech
- ostrolebec
- Danish
- Asiatiske Snudehugorme
- English
- Hump-nosed Vipers
- Russian
- Цейлонские щитомордники
- Sinhala
- තෙලිස්සෝ
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