Porthidium dunni

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Porthidium dunni
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Porthidium
Species: P. dunni
Binomial name
Porthidium dunni
(Hartweg & Oliver, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus dunni - Hartweg & Oliver, 1938
  • Bothrops dunni - H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
  • Porthidium dunni - Campbell & Lamar, 1989[1]
Common names: Dunn's hognosed pitviper.[2]

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

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[edit] Description

Adults are usually 30-40 cm in length, with a maximum of 57 cm. A moderately stout and terrestrial species. The tip of the snout is moderately elevated.[2]

[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern Mexico in the Pacific lowlands of Oaxaca and western Chiapas. The type locality given is "the immediate vicinity of the village of Tehuantepec" [Oaxaca, Mexico].[1]

[edit] 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 stable. Year assessed: 2007.[5]

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[edit] 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. ^ Porthidium dunni (TSN 585988). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 15 September 2007.
  4. ^ Porthidium dunni 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.

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