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Porthidium lansbergii



Porthidium lansbergii

P. l. rozei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Porthidium
Species: P. lansbergii
Binomial name
Porthidium lansbergii
(Schlegel, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Trigonocephalus lansbergii - Schlegel, 1841
  • T[eleuraspis]. Castelnaui Var. brachystoma - Cope, 1860
  • T[eleuraspis]. Lansbergi - Cope, 1860
  • Bothriechis brachystoma - Cope, 1860
  • Bothrops lansbergii - Günther, 1863
  • B[othrops]. Boussingaultii - Jan, 1863
  • B[othrops]. Lansbergi - Jan, 1863
  • Porthidium lansbergii - Cope, 1871
  • Bothriopsis brachystoma - Cope, 1871
  • B[othriopsis]. castelnavi var. brachystoma - Cope, 1871
  • Bothrops brachystoma - Müller, 1880
  • Bothriopsis br[achystoma]. - Müller, 1880
  • Brothriopsis brachystoma - Cope, 1887
  • Teleuraspis castelnaudi var. brachystoma - Cope, 1887
  • Th[anatos]. Lansbergii - Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatophis]. Lansbergi - Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatos]. Boussingaultii - Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatophis]. Boussingaultii - Posada Arango, 1889
  • Bothriechis lansbergii - Günther, 1895
  • Lachesis lansbergii - Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis brachystoma - Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus brachystoma - Mocquard, 1989
  • Bothriechis lansbergii - Recinos, 1913
  • Lachesis lansbergi - Griffin, 1916
  • Bothrops lansbergii venezuelensis - Roze, 1959
  • B[othrops]. l[ansbergii]. lansbergii - Roze, 1959
  • Porthidium lansbergii - Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Porthidium lansbergii lansbergii - Campbell & Lamar, 1989[1]
Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pitviper.[2]

Porthidium lansbergii is a venomous pitviper species found in Central and South America. Currently, four subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[3]

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Description

Adults average 30-50 cm in length with a maximum of 90 cm. Terrestrial and moderately slender.[2]

Common names

Lansberg's hognosed pitviper. Also called patoco in Colombia and Panama.[2]

Geographic range

Found in extreme eastern Central America in the xeric coastal lowlands of central and eastern Panama. In northern South America in the Atlantic lowlands of Colombia and northern Venezuela, as well as the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. The type locality given is "les environs de Turbaco [Department de Bolívar], en Colombie" According to Amaral (1929), likely from Tumaco.[1]

According to the range map provided by Campbell & Lamar (2004), the subspecies P. l. rozei and P. l. lansbergii intergrade in the northern part of the Guajira Peninsula.[2]

Subspecies

Subspecies[3] Authority[3] Common name Geographic range[1][2]
P. l. arcosae (Schätti & Kramer, 1993) Manabí hognosed pitviper[2] Western Ecuador in the Pacific lowlands of Manabí Province.
P. l. hutmanni (Sandner Montilla, 1989) Endemic to Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
P. l. lansbergii (Schlegel, 1841) Northern Colombia and Panama.
P. l. rozei Peters, 1968 Venezuela from the Lake Maracaibo region and along the coast as far east as Caripito Monagas. Also enters northeastern Colombia to the southwest of Lake Maracaibo.

Taxonomy

Capmbell & Lamar (2004) consider P. l. arcosae a full species.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g 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.
  3. ^ a b c Porthidium lansbergii (TSN 634901). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 20 September 2007.
 
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