Biology:Atropoides olmec

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

Atropoides olmec is a venomous pitviper 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]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 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 . Accessed 9 November 2007.
  4. "Atropoides olmec". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585758. Retrieved 14 September 2007. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2869828 entry