Tropidolaemus wagleri

Tropidolaemus wagleri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Tropidolaemus
Species:
T. wagleri
Binomial name
Tropidolaemus wagleri
(F. Boie, 1827)
Synonyms
  • C[ophias]. Wagleri
    H. Boie, 1826
    (nomen nudum)
  • [Cophias] Wagleri
    F. Boie, 1827
    (nomen conservandum)
  • Tropidolaemus wagleri
    Wagler, 1830
  • Trigonoc[ephalus]. wagleri
    Schlegel, 1837
  • Trimesurus maculatus
    Gray, 1842
  • Trimesurus Philippensis
    Gray, 1842
  • Trimesurus subannulatus
    Gray, 1842
  • Trigonocephalus Wagleri var. Celebensis
    Gray, 1849
  • Trigonocephalus Wagleri var. Sumatrensis
    Gray, 1849
  • Tropidolaemus hombronii
    Guichenot In Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853
  • Tropidolaemus wagleri
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Tropidolaemus hombroni
    — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Tropidolaemus Schlegelii
    Bleeker, 1857
  • T[rigonocephalus]. Hombroni
    Jan, 1859
  • Tropidolaemus Philippensis
    W. Peters, 1861
  • Tropidolaemus subannulatus
    — W. Peters, 1861
  • Trimeresurus wagleri
    Günther, 1864
  • Tropidolaemus Schlegeli
    Theobald, 1868
  • Tropidolaemus subannulatus var. celebensis
    — W. Peters, 1872
  • Tropidolaemus subannulatus var. immaculatus
    W. Peters, 1872
  • Bothrops Wagleri
    F. Müller, 1880
  • Lachesis wagleri
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus wagleri alboviridis
    Taylor, 1917
  • Trimeresurus philippensis
    — Taylor, 1922
  • Trimeresurus wagleri wagleri
    — Taylor, 1922
  • Trimeresurus wagleri philippensis
    — Taylor, 1922
  • Trimeresurus wagleri subannulatus
    — Taylor, 1922
  • [Bothrops] philippensis
    Maslin, 1942
  • Tropidolaemus wagleri
    Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Tropidolaemus philippinensis
    David & Vogel, 1996
  • Trimesurus [sic] philippinensis
    — David & Vogel, 1996
    (ex errore)
  • Trimeresurus philippinensis
    — David & Vogel, 1996
  • Tropidolaemus wagleri
    — David & Vogel, 1996

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.