''Cerrophidion godmani'' is a
venomous
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pit viper species
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found in southern
Mexico
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and
Guatemala.
[ No subspecies are currently recognized.][Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). ''The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere''. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. .] or the Godman's pit viper.[Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. .]
Etymology
The specific name, ''godmani'', is in honor of English
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Frederick DuCane Godman
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.[Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cerrophidion godmani'', p. 102).]
Description
Terrestrial and moderately stout, adults of ''C. godmani'' are usually less than in total length, but sometimes grow to more than .[
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Geographic range
''Cerrophidion godmani'' is found in Mexico
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in the Mexican states of Chiapas and southeastern Oaxaca
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and in Guatemala. Populations from south of Guatemala are now assigned to a new species, '' Cerrophidion sasai ''.[ The type locality given is "near Dueñas and on the other parts of the tableland of Guatemala".][
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References
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).
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Crotalinae
Snakes of Central America
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles of Guatemala
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Reptiles described in 1863