Porthidium volcanicum

Porthidium volcanicum
Adult Porthidium volcanicum from Buenos Aires, Costa Rica. Photo by Steven Klioze.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Porthidium
Species:
P. volcanicum
Binomial name
Porthidium volcanicum

Porthidium volcanicum, the Ujarran hognosed pit viper, is a pit viper species endemic to Costa Rica.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Description

Adults of P. volcanicum are moderately stout, with females growing to 31–53.6 cm (12+1⁄4–21+1⁄8 in) in total length (including tail). The only male ever collected was 25.9 cm (10+1⁄4 in) long.[1]

Geographic range

Porthidium volcanicum is known only from the type locality, which is given as "Ujarrás de Buenos Aires (Valle del General, suoeste de la provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica)", Volcán de Buenos Aires and Valle del General in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.[1]

Habitat

Porthidium volcanicum occurs in tropical moist forest. The region receives 3,500 mm (140 in) of rainfall annually and has a dry season January–April.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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).
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Porthidium volcanicum ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

Further reading

  • Solórzano, Alejandro (1994). "Una nueva especie de serpiente terrestre del genero Porthidium (Serpentes: Viperidae), del Suroeste de Costa Rica ". Revista de Biología Tropical 42 (3): 695–701. (Porthidium volcanicum, new species). (in Spanish).


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