Metlapilcoatlus olmec

Metlapilcoatlus olmec
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Metlapilcoatlus
Species:
M. olmec
Binomial name
Metlapilcoatlus olmec
(Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & Juliá-Zertuche, 1985)
Synonyms[1]
  • Porthidium olmec - Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & Juliá-Zertuche, 1985
  • A[tropoides]. olmec - Werman, 1992
Common names: Tuxtlan jumping pit viper,[2] Olmecan pit viper[3]

Metlapilcoatlus olmec is a pit viper species found in Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

Description

Extremely stout, females are known to reach a maximum of 77.0 cm in length, males 61.8 cm.[2]

Geographic range

Found at elevations of 800–1,500 m in Mexico on the upper slopes of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in southern Veracruz. Also found in eastern Oaxaca, and from northwestern Chiapas to Guatemala.[5] The type locality given is "crest of Cerro Egega, 1100 m, municipality of Catemaco" (Veracruz, Mexico).[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).[5] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is stable. Year assessed: 2007.[6]

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. ^ Sierra. 2003. Venomous Species of the World. PDF at Venomousreptiles.org Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9 November 2007.
  4. ^ "Atropoides olmec". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  5. ^ a b Atropoides olmec at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
  6. ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.