Porthidium lansbergii
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P. l. rozei
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Porthidium lansbergii (Schlegel, 1841) |
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- Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pitviper.[2]
Porthidium lansbergii is a venomous pitviper species found in Central and South America. Currently, four subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[3]
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[edit] Description
Adults average 30-50 cm in length with a maximum of 90 cm. Terrestrial and moderately slender.[2]
[edit] Common names
Lansberg's hognosed pitviper. Also called patoco in Colombia and Panama.[2]
[edit] Geographic range
Found in extreme eastern Central America in the xeric coastal lowlands of central and eastern Panama. In northern South America in the Atlantic lowlands of Colombia and northern Venezuela, as well as the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. The type locality given is "les environs de Turbaco [Department de Bolívar], en Colombie" According to Amaral (1929), likely from Tumaco.[1]
According to the range map provided by Campbell & Lamar (2004), the subspecies P. l. rozei and P. l. lansbergii intergrade in the northern part of the Guajira Peninsula.[2]
[edit] Subspecies
Subspecies[3] | Authority[3] | Common name | Geographic range[1][2] |
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P. l. arcosae | (Schätti & Kramer, 1993) | Manabí hognosed pitviper[2] | Western Ecuador in the Pacific lowlands of Manabí Province. |
P. l. hutmanni | (Sandner Montilla, 1989) | Endemic to Isla Margarita, Venezuela. | |
P. l. lansbergii | (Schlegel, 1841) | Northern Colombia and Panama. | |
P. l. rozei | Peters, 1968 | Venezuela from the Lake Maracaibo region and along the coast as far east as Caripito Monagas. Also enters northeastern Colombia to the southwest of Lake Maracaibo. |
[edit] Taxonomy
Capmbell & Lamar (2004) consider P. l. arcosae a full species.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 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).
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ a b c Porthidium lansbergii (TSN 634901). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 20 September 2007.
[edit] External links
- Porthidium lansbergii at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 20 September 2007.