Porthidium volcanicum
| Porthidium volcanicum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Porthidium |
| Species: | P. volcanicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Porthidium volcanicum Solórzano, 1994[1] | |
- Common names: Ujarran hognosed pitviper.[2]
Porthidium volcanicum is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Costa Rica. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Description
Adults of P. volcanicum are moderately stout, with females growing to 31–53.6 cm (12 1⁄4–21 1⁄8 in) in total length (including tail). The only male ever collected was 25.9 cm (10 1⁄4 in) long.[1]
Geographic range
P. volcanicum is known only from the type locality, which is given as "Ujarrás de Buenos Aires (Valle del General, suoeste de la provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica)", Volcán de Buenos Aires and Valle del General in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.[1]
Habitat
P. volcanicum occurs in tropical moist forest. The region receives 3,500 mm (140 in) of rainfall annually and has a dry season January–April.[2]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- 1 2 3 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).
- 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.
- ↑ "Porthidium volcanicum ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
Further reading
- Solórzano, Alejandro (1994). "Una nueva especie de serpiente terrestre del genero Porthidium (Serpentes: Viperidae), del Suroeste de Costa Rica ". Revista de Biología Tropical 42 (3): 695-701. (Porthidium volcanicum, new species). (in Spanish).
External links
- Porthidium volcanicum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 August 2008.
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