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 - 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] Godman's pit viper.^[3]

Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[4]

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]

See also

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

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. ^ 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. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585773. Retrieved 14 September 2007. 

External links

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