Cerrophidion godmani
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Cerrophidion |
Species: | C. godmani
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Binomial name | |
Cerrophidion godmani (Günther, 1863)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pit viper species found in southern Mexico and Guatemala.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[2][3] It is also known as the Godman's montane pit viper[2][4] or the Godman's pit viper.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, godmani, is in honor of English zoologist Frederick DuCane Godman.[6]
Description
Terrestrial and moderately stout, adults of C. godmani are usually less than 55 cm (21.5 in) in total length, but sometimes grow to more than 75 cm (30 in).[4]
Geographic range
Cerrophidion godmani is found in Mexico in the Mexican states of Chiapas and southeastern Oaxaca and in Guatemala. Populations from south of Guatemala are now assigned to a new species, Cerrophidion sasai .[2] The type locality given is "near Dueñas and on the other parts of the tableland of Guatemala".[1]
References
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ a b c d Cerrophidion godmani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Cerrophidion godmani ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ^ Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ 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).
Further reading
- Günther A (1863). "Third Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 12: 348-365. ("Bothriechis Godmanni", new species, pp. 364-365 + Plate VI, Figure G).
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