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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
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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Description

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

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]

References

^ ^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).
^ ^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.
^ Cerrophidion godmani (TSN 585773). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 September 2007.