''Cerrophidion godmani'' is a
venomous pit viper
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species found in southern
Mexico and
Guatemala
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.
[ No ]subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
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 Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''godmani'', is in honor of English zoologist Frederick DuCane Godman.[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 in the Mexican states of Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
and southeastern Oaxaca and in Guatemala
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. Populations from south of Guatemala are now assigned to a new species, '' Cerrophidion sasai ''.[ The ]type locality
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* Local (disambiguation)
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given is "near Dueñas and on the other parts of the tableland of Guatemala
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".[
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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