Cerrophidion godmani

Cerrophidion godmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Cerrophidion
Species: C. godmani
Binomial name
Cerrophidion godmani
(Günther, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Bothriechis Godmanni
    Günther, 1863
  • Bothrops Brammianus
    Bocourt, 1868
  • Bothriopsis godmannii
    — Cope, 1871
  • Bothrops (Bothriopsis) Godmanii — F. Müller, 1877
  • Bothriopsis Godmanii
    F. Müller, 1877
  • Bothrops Godmani
    — F. Müller, 1878
  • Bothriechis scutigera
    Fischer, 1880
  • Bothriechis trianguligera
    Fischer, 1883
  • Bothriopsis godmani
    — Cope, 1887
  • Bothriopsis scutigera
    — Cope, 1887
  • Bothriopsis trianguligera
    — Cope, 1887
  • Bothriechis godmani
    — Günther, 1895
  • Lachesis godmani
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus godmani
    — Mocquard, 1909
  • Bothrops godmani
    — Barbour & Loveridge, 1929
  • [Bothrops] godmanni
    — Amaral, 1944
  • Bothrops godmanni
    — Hoge, 1966
  • Porthidium godmani
    — Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Cerrophidion godmani
    — Campbell & Lamar, 1992[1]
Common names: Godman's montane pitviper,[2] Godman's pit viper.[3]

Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, godmani, is in honor of English zoologist Frederick DuCane Godman.[5]

Description

Terrestrial and moderately stout, adults are usually less than 55 cm (21.5 in) in total length, but sometimes grow to more than 75 cm (30 in).[2]

Geographic range

Cerrophidion godmani is found in Mexico in the Mexican states of Chiapas and southeastern Oaxaca, through Central America, to western Panama, at moderate to high elevations. The type locality given is "near Dueñas and on the other parts of the tableland of Guatemala".[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 1 2 Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  3. ↑ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  4. ↑ "Cerrophidion godmani". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  5. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cerrophidion godmani, p. 102).

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