#1824 · 🦎 reptiles

Wagler's Pit Viper

🇳🇱 Wagler's lanspuntslang ·Tropidolaemus wagleri

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Cheongweei Gan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © romejonpaul · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © herpingvietnam · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Richard Ong · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © diego_cue · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Parinya Pawangkhanant · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © wildpokedex · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Bishan, Singapore:© Soh Kam Yung · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve:© James Donnelly · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. C2CJ+9W Starting Hiking Bukit Maras, 21020 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia:© hafizaiman_s72277 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tropidolaemus wagleri is a venomous pitviper species native to South-East Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized. It is sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,685iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,685 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Friedrich Boie in 1827 (199 years ago).