Craspedocephalus gramineus, known as the bamboo pit viper, Indian green pit viper, or common green pit viper, [3] is a venomous pit viper species found in the southern and north eastern parts of India.
Basic facts about Bamboo Pit Viper: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
Bamboo pit vipers are venomous vipers found in southern and northeastern India. They are the most widespread pit viper in the country and the only ones inhabiting the dense forests of the Peninsular Plateau of India. These snakes are also referred to as bamboo snakes, the Indian tree vipers, the Indian green pit vipers, and the common green pit vipers. They are called pit vipers because they ...
Tree vipers are venomous pit vipers that live in Southeast Asia including southern China, Northeast India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Taiwan. The venomous tree viper goes by many names, depending upon its location. The most common are Stejneger’s pit viper, Stejneger’s tree viper, bamboo viper, Chinese green tree viper, Chinese pit viper, Chinese bamboo […]
Like all pit vipers, it has heat-sensing pits between the eyes and nostrils that allow it to detect warm-blooded prey even in darkness. The common bamboo viper is an arboreal ambush predator, preferring to perch on branches or low shrubs near forest streams and clearings.
Bamboo pit viper (Craspedocephalus gramineus) are a arboreal snake so usually found on low to medium high bushes and trees, and often near water streams, rainforest; dry, mixed and moist deciduous forests. As they are nocturnal creature, they are found at lower heights as it sits in ambush for hunting at night. During daytime, these snakes recah at greater heights on trees.