Cerrophidion godmani

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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
  • B[othriopsis]. godmanii - Cope, 1871
  • Bothrops (Bothriopsis) Godmanii - Müller, 1877
  • Bothriopsis Godmanii - Müller, 1877
  • Bothrops Godmani - 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]

Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

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[edit] Description

Adults are usually less than 55 cm in length, but sometimes grow to more than 75 cm. Terrestrial and moderately stout.[2]

[edit] Geographic range

Found in Mexico in southeastern Oaxaca and Chiapas, 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]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  3. ^ Cerrophidion godmani (TSN 585773). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 14 September 2007.

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