Cerrophidion godmani

Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pit viper species found in southern Mexico and Guatemala.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[2][3] It is also known as the Godman's montane pit viper[2][4] or the Godman's pit viper.[5]

Cerrophidion godmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Cerrophidion
Species:
C. godmani
Binomial name
Cerrophidion godmani
(Günther, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bothriechis Godmanni
    Günther, 1863
  • Bothrops Brammianus
    Bocourt, 1868
  • Bothriopsis godmannii
    — Cope, 1871
  • Bothrops (Bothriopsis) Godmanii
    — F. Müller, 1877
  • Bothriopsis Godmanii
    F. Müller, 1877
  • Bothrops Godmani
    — F. 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

Etymology

The specific name, godmani, is in honor of English zoologist Frederick DuCane Godman.[6]

Description

Terrestrial and moderately stout, adults of C. godmani are usually less than 55 cm (21.5 in) in total length, but sometimes grow to more than 75 cm (30 in).[4]

Geographic range

Cerrophidion godmani is found in Mexico in the Mexican states of Chiapas and southeastern Oaxaca and in Guatemala. Populations from south of Guatemala are now assigned to a new species, Cerrophidion sasai .[2] The type locality given is "near Dueñas and on the other parts of the tableland of Guatemala".[1]

References
  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
  2. Cerrophidion godmani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2018.
  3. "Cerrophidion godmani ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. 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. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  5. Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  6. 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. (Cerrophidion godmani, p. 102).

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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