Atropoides picadoi
| Atropoides picadoi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Atropoides |
| Species: | A. picadoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Atropoides picadoi (Dunn, 1939) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Common names: Picado's jumping pitviper.[3]
Atropoides picadoi is a venomous pitviper species found in Central America. No subspecies are currently recognised.[4]
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. nummifer mexicanus.[3]
Geographic range
A. 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]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ↑ "Atropoides picadoi ". http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/203657/0
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Atropoides picadoi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ↑ 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. (Atropoides picadoi, p. 207).
External links
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- Atropoides picadoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2007.
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