Atropoides nummifer occiduus
| Atropoides nummifer occiduus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Atropoides |
| Species: | A. nummifer |
| Subspecies: | A. n. occiduus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Atropoides nummifer occiduus (Hoge, 1966) | |
| Synonyms | |
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- Common names: Guatemalan jumping pitviper.[2]
Atropoides nummifer occiduus is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] endemic to southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Description
Adults are usually 35–60 cm (13 3⁄4–23 5⁄8 in) in total length. The largest specimens reported are a male of 74.8 cm (29 1⁄2 in) from Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, and a female of 79.5 cm (31 1⁄4 in) from Volcán de Agua, Escuintla, Guatemala. The build is very stout, although not so much as that of A. n. mexicanus.[2]
Geographic range
Found in southern Mexico (southeastern Chiapas), southern and central Guatemala, and western El Salvador.[2] The type locality given is "Saint-Augustín (Guatemala), versant occidentale de la Córdillère. 610 mètres [2,000 ft] d´altitude". Actually, San Augustín is on the southern slope of Volcán Atitlán.[1]
Habitat
Its habitat includes subtropical wet forest on the Pacific versant from southeastern Chiapas, Mexico to western El Salvador. It also inhabits the pine-oak forest near Guatemala City. It can be found at altitudes varying from 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft).
Taxonomy
Regarded as a full species, Atropoides occiduus, by Campbell and Lamar (2004).[2]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- 1 2 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).
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ "Atropoides nummifer occiduus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
Further reading
- Hoge, A.R. 1966. Preliminary account on Neotropical Crotalinae (Serpentes: Viperidae). Memórias do Instituto Butantan 32 [1965]: 109-184.
External links
- Atropoides nummifer at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 August 2008.