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Hagen's Pit-viper

Vipers & Pit-vipers

Photo: R. Soedirman · Public domain

Parias hageni

Basic stats

Habitat

Forest at 100–300m

Range

Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra with nearby islands

Size

Lectotype total length 97cm

Hagen's pit viper, also called Hagen's green pit viper, is a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae, native to Southeast Asia (now often placed in the genus Parias). It is named in honour of the German naturalist Bernhard Hagen, who collected in eastern Sumatra. It is found in peninsular Thailand and Malaysia, East Malaysia (Borneo) and Indonesia (Sumatra and nearby islands including Bangka, Simalur, Nias, Batu and the Mentawai Islands), and its preferred natural habitat is forest at 100–300 m (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Hagen's Pit-viper live in?
Forest at 100–300m
Where is the Hagen's Pit-viper found?
Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra with nearby islands
How big is the Hagen's Pit-viper?
Lectotype total length 97cm
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