Porthidium yucatanicum

Porthidium yucatanicum is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Porthidium yucatanicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Porthidium
Species:
P. yucatanicum
Binomial name
Porthidium yucatanicum
(H.M. Smith, 1941)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trimeresurus yucatanicus H.M. Smith, 1941
  • Bothrops yucatanicus – H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
  • Bothrops yucatannicus – Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Trimeresurus yucatannicus – Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Porthidium yucatanicum – Campbell & Lamar, 1989
Common names: Yucatán hognosed pitviper.[2]

Description

Adults are usually 35–45 cm (13 3⁄4–17 3⁄4 in) in total length, although some specimens may exceed 55 cm (21 3⁄4 in). The females tend to be larger than the males. Moderately stout and terrestrial.[2]

Geographic range

Found in the northern half of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The type locality given is "Chichen Itza, Yucatán" [Mexico].[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).[4] 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 unknown. Year assessed: 2007.[5]

References
  1. 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. 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. "Porthidium yucatanicum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
  4. Porthidium yucatanicum at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 15 September 2007.
  5. 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 15 September 2007.

Further reading
  • Smith, H.M. 1941. On the Mexican snakes of the genus Trimeresurus. Zoologica 26: 61-64. (Trimeresurus yucatanicus)
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