Atropoides
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Atropoides |
Species: | A. picadoi
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Binomial name | |
Atropoides picadoi (Dunn, 1939)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Atropoides picadoi, also known as Picado's jumping pitviper,[3] is a species of venomous snake, a pitviper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Costa Rica. There are no subspecies that are recognised as being valid.[4] It is monotypic in the genus Atropoides.
Etymology
The specific name, picadoi, is in honor of Costa Rican herpetologist Clodomiro Picado Twight.[5]
Description
Adults of A. picadoi commonly reach a total length (including tail) of 75–95 cm (2.46–3.12 ft) with a maximum of 120.2 cm (3.94 ft). A. picadoi is extremely stout, though not quite so much as A. mexicanus.[3]
Geographic range
Atropoides picadoi is found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama at 50–1,500 m (160–4,920 ft) altitude. Its geographic range includes the Cordillera de Tilarán, the Cordillera Central, and the Cordillera de Talamanca. The type locality given is "La Palma, [San José Province], Costa Rica, 4500 feet".[2]
References
- ^ "Atropoides picadoi ". https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203657/217781703
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Atropoides picadoi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atropoides picadoi, p. 207).
Further reading
- Dunn ER (1939). "A New Pit Viper from Costa Rica". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52: 165-166. (Trimeresurus nummifer picadoi, new subspecies).
External links
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- Atropoides picadoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2007.