NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Temple pitviper
Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Tropidolaemus wagleri, Wagler's palm pit viper - Takua Pa District, Phang-nga Province.
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Tropidolaemus wagleri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:51:26.644587+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)
- Name authority
- (Boie, 1827)
- Common name
- Temple pitviper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Tropidolaemus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusTropidolaemus
- speciesTropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tropidolaemus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| South Philippine temple pitviperTropidolaemus philippensis (Gray, 1842) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North Philippine temple pitviperTropidolaemus subannulatus (Gray, 1842) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hutton’s pitviperTropidolaemus huttoni (Smith, 1949) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cophias wagleri Boie, 1827 Boie, 1827 | ambiguous synonym |
| Trimesurus maculatus Gray, 1842 Gray, 1842 | synonym |
| Trimeresurus subannulatus var. immaculatus Peters, 1872 Peters, 1872 | synonym |
| Cophias wagleri Boie ex Schlegel, 1826 Boie ex Schlegel, 1826 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Tropidolaemus&species=wagleri Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:59BSH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.