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Lowland Hump-nosed Viper
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Lowland Hump-nosed Viper

Hypnale zara

Hypnale zara (Lowlands hump-nosed pit viper or පහතරට මූකලන් තෙලිස්සා in Sinhala) is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Sri Lanka. It is distinguished from Hypnale nepa by variably colored body and less upcurved snout. No subspecies are currently recognized.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 103089.