Cerrophidion godmani

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 Bothrops (Bothriopsis) Godmanii — F. Müller, 1877 Bothriopsis Godmanii F. Müller, 1877 Bothrops Godmani — F. 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] Godman's pit viper.^[3]

Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[4]

Etymology

The specific name, godmani, is in honor of English zoologist Frederick DuCane Godman.^[5]

Description

Terrestrial and moderately stout, adults are usually less than 55 cm (21.5 in) in total length, but sometimes grow to more than 75 cm (30 in).^[2]

Geographic range

Cerrophidion godmani is found in Mexico in the Mexican states of Chiapas and southeastern Oaxaca, 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]

See also

• List of crotaline species and subspecies
• Crotalinae by common name
• Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
• Snakebite

References

1. 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).
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.
3. Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
4. "Cerrophidion godmani". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
5. 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.)

External links

• Cerrophidion godmani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2007.