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Species of snake

Trimeresurus cantori, commonly known as Cantor's pit viper or Cantor's pitviper, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the Subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. No subspecies are recognized as being valid.

Trimeresurus cantori is found in the Nicobar Islands (which are in the Bay of Bengal), India, and possibly in the Andaman Islands. The type locality given is "Nicobars". Boulenger reported that an adult female with a total length of had a tail long. This species varies in pattern and color. Dorsally, it may be green, dark brown, or light brown. Green individuals may have yellow spots, and brown specimens may have darker spots. Running along each side of the head, below the eye and above the upper lip, is a cream colored stripe. There is also a cream colored stripe on the first row of dorsal scales on each side of the body. Ventrally, it is greenish or cream colored, with some brown spots on the underside of the tail. The weakly keeled dorsal scales are arranged in 27 to 31 rows at midbody. The ventrals number 174 184. The anal plate is entire, and the subcaudals, which are divided, number 55 76.

The preferred natural habitat of T. cantori is forest, at altitudes from sea level to , but it has also been found in coconut plantations and rural gardens.

Trimeresurus cantori is nocturnal and will hunt near houses.

Trimeresurus cantori preys upon small mammals and birds.

The species T. cantori possesses a potent venom, and some of its bites to humans have resulted in fatalities.

T. cantori is viviparous.