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Atropoides nummifer



Atropoides nummifer
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Atropoides
Species: A. nummifer
Binomial name
Atropoides nummifer
(Rüppell, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Atropos nummifer - Rüppell, 1845
  • T[rigonocephalus]. nummifer - Jan, 1859
  • T[eleuraspis]. nummifer - Cope, 1860
  • B[othrops]. nummifer - Jan, 1863
  • Th[anotos]. nummifer - Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anotophis]. nummifer - Posada Arango, 1889
  • Bothriechis nummifera - Günther, 1895
  • Lachesis nummifer - Boulnger, 1896
  • Lachesis nummifera - Boettger, 1898
  • Trimeresurus nummifer - Mocquard, 1909
  • Bothriochis mammifera - Recinos - 1913
  • Bothrops nummifera - March, 1929
  • T[rimeresurus]. n[ummifer]. nummifer - Dunn, 1939
  • Bothrops nummifer nummifer - Burger, 1950
  • Bothrops nummifer veraecrusis - Burger, 1950
  • Porthidium nummifer - Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Atropoides nummifer - Werman, 1992[1]
Common names: Mexican jumping pitviper,[2] jumping viper.[3]

Atropoides nummifer is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico and Central America. Currently, 3 subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]

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Description

Adults are commonly 35-60 cm in length and are especially stout.[2]

Geographic range

Found in eastern Mexico from San Luis Potosí southeastward on the Atlantic versant and lowlands through northern Guatemala, southern Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to central Panama. On the Pacific versant in disjunct populations from southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. Found in various types of forest, including cloud forest and rain forest at 40-1600 m altitude. The type originally lacked locality information, but apparently "Mexico" was filled in some time later. A restriction to Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico, was proposed by Burger (1950).[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).[5] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is stable. Year assessed: 2007.[6]

Subspecies

Subspecies[4] Authority[4] Common name Geographic range
A. n. mexicanus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Type locality: Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
A. n. nummifer (Rüppell, 1845) Type locality: Mexico.
A. n. occiduus (Hoge, 1966) Type locality: San Augustín, Guatemala.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
  4. ^ a b c Atropoides nummifer (TSN 585757). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 September 2007.
  5. ^ Atropoides nummifer at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
  6. ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Atropoides_nummifer". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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