Atropoides picadoi

Atropoides picadoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Atropoides
Species: A. picadoi
Binomial name
Atropoides picadoi
(Dunn, 1939)
Synonyms[2]
  • Trimeresurus nummifer
    Dunn, 1939
  • Bothrops picadoi
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
  • Porthidium picadoi
    — Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • A[tropoides]. picadoi
    — Werman, 1992
Common names: Picado's jumping pitviper.[3]

Atropoides picadoi is a venomous pitviper species found in Central America. No subspecies are currently recognised.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, picadoi, is in honor of Costa Rican herpetologist Clodomiro Picado Twight.[5]

Description

Adults of A. picadoi commonly reach a total length (including tail) of 75–95 cm (2.46–3.12 ft) with a maximum of 120.2 cm (3.94 ft). A. picadoi is extremely stout, though not quite so much as A. nummifer mexicanus.[3]

Geographic range

A. picadoi is found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama at 50–1,500 m (160–4,920 ft) altitude. Its geographic range includes the Cordillera de Tilarán, the Cordillera Central, and the Cordillera de Talamanca. The type locality given is "La Palma, [San José Province], Costa Rica, 4500 feet".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Atropoides picadoi ". http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/203657/0
  2. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. 1 2 Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  4. ↑ "Atropoides picadoi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  5. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atropoides picadoi, p. 207).
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