Metlapilcoatlus occiduus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Metlapilcoatlus |
Species: | M. occiduus
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Binomial name | |
Metlapilcoatlus occiduus (
Hoge, 1966)
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Synonyms | |
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Metlapilcoatlus occiduus is a venomous pitviper subspecies [4] endemic to southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Adults are usually 35–60 cm (13+3⁄4–23+5⁄8 in) in total length. The largest specimens reported are a male of 74.8 cm (29+1⁄2 in) from Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, and a female of 79.5 cm (31+1⁄4 in) from Volcán de Agua, Escuintla, Guatemala. The build is very stout, although not so much as that of M. mexicanus. [3]
Found in southern Mexico (southeastern Chiapas), southern and central Guatemala, and western El Salvador. [3] The type locality given is "Saint-Augustín (Guatemala), versant occidentale de la Córdillère. 610 mètres [2,000 ft] d´altitude". Actually, San Augustín is on the southern slope of Volcán Atitlán. [2]
Its habitat includes subtropical wet forest on the Pacific versant from southeastern Chiapas, Mexico to western El Salvador. It also inhabits the pine- oak forest near Guatemala City. It can be found at altitudes varying from 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft).
Regarded as a full species, Metlapilcoatlus occiduus, by Campbell and Lamar (2004). [3]
Metlapilcoatlus occiduus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Metlapilcoatlus |
Species: | M. occiduus
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Binomial name | |
Metlapilcoatlus occiduus (
Hoge, 1966)
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Synonyms | |
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Metlapilcoatlus occiduus is a venomous pitviper subspecies [4] endemic to southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Adults are usually 35–60 cm (13+3⁄4–23+5⁄8 in) in total length. The largest specimens reported are a male of 74.8 cm (29+1⁄2 in) from Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, and a female of 79.5 cm (31+1⁄4 in) from Volcán de Agua, Escuintla, Guatemala. The build is very stout, although not so much as that of M. mexicanus. [3]
Found in southern Mexico (southeastern Chiapas), southern and central Guatemala, and western El Salvador. [3] The type locality given is "Saint-Augustín (Guatemala), versant occidentale de la Córdillère. 610 mètres [2,000 ft] d´altitude". Actually, San Augustín is on the southern slope of Volcán Atitlán. [2]
Its habitat includes subtropical wet forest on the Pacific versant from southeastern Chiapas, Mexico to western El Salvador. It also inhabits the pine- oak forest near Guatemala City. It can be found at altitudes varying from 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft).
Regarded as a full species, Metlapilcoatlus occiduus, by Campbell and Lamar (2004). [3]