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Because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Clouds in Malaysia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
temple viper
Today it means: Tropidolaemus wagleri, a venomous pit viper native to Southeast Asia. Full definition →
Today it means: Tropidolaemus wagleri, a venomous pit viper native to Southeast Asia. Full definition →
Because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Clouds in Malaysia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.