Porthidium lansbergii

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Porthidium lansbergii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Porthidium
Species:
P. lansbergii
Binomial name
Porthidium lansbergii
(Schlegel, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trigonocephalus lansbergii
    Schlegel, 1841
  • T [eleuraspis]. Castelnaui Var. brachystoma
    Cope, 1860
  • T [eleuraspis]. Lansbergi
    — Cope, 1860
  • Bothriechis brachystoma
    — Cope, 1860
  • Bothrops lansbergii
    — Günther, 1863
  • B[othrops]. Boussingaultii
    Jan, 1863
  • B[othrops]. Lansbergi
    — Jan, 1863
  • Porthidium lansbergii
    — Cope, 1871
  • Bothriopsis brachystoma
    — Cope, 1871
  • B[othriopsis]. castelnavi var. brachystoma
    — Cope, 1871
  • Bothrops brachystoma
    — F. Müller, 1880
  • Bothriopsis br [achystoma].
    — F. Müller, 1880
  • Brothriopsis brachystoma
    — Cope, 1887
  • Teleuraspis castelnaudi var. brachystoma
    — Cope, 1887
  • Th[anatos]. Lansbergii
    — Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatophis]. Lansbergi
    — Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatos]. Boussingaultii
    — Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatophis]. Boussingaultii
    — Posada Arango, 1889
  • Bothriechis lansbergii
    — Günther, 1895
  • Lachesis lansbergii
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis brachystoma
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus brachystoma
    — Mocquard, 1989
  • Bothriechis lansbergii
    — Recinos, 1913
  • Lachesis lansbergi
    — Griffin, 1916
  • Bothrops lansbergii venezuelensis
    Roze, 1959
  • B[othrops]. l [ansbergii]. lansbergii
    — Roze, 1959
  • Porthidium lansbergii
    — Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Porthidium lansbergii lansbergii
    — Campbell & Lamar, 1989
Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pitviper.[2]

Porthidium lansbergii is a

nominate subspecies described here.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, lansbergii, is in honor of "M[onsieur]. de Lansberge" (Reinhart Frans von Lansberge), Dutch consul at Caracas, Venezuela, in 1841.[4]

Description

Adults of P. lansbergii average 30–50 cm (11+3⁄4–19+5⁄8 in) in total length (including tail), with a maximum of 90 cm (35+1⁄2 in). A terrestrial snake, it is moderately slender.[2]

Common names

Common names for P. lansbergii include Lansberge's hog-nosed pit-viper. It is also called patoca in Colombia and Panama.[2]

Geographic range

Porthidium lansbergii is found in extreme eastern

type locality given is "les environs de Turbaco [Department de Bolívar], en Colombie ". According to Amaral (1929), the holotype is 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]

Subspecies

Subspecies[3] Taxon author[3] Common name Geographic range[1][2]
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 (J. Peters, 1968) Lansberg's gold hognosed pitviper 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.

trinomial authority (taxon author) in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus
other than Porthidium.

Taxonomy

Campbell & Lamar (2004) consider P. l. arcosae a full species.[2]

Reproduction

Porthidium lansbergii is viviparous.[5]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-893777-01-4
    (volume).
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-8014-4141-2
    .
  3. ^ a b c "Porthidium lansbergii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Porthidium lansbergii, p. 151).
  5. ^ "Porthidium lansbergii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Schlegel H (1841). "Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Trigonocéphale (T. Lansbergii) ". Magasin de Zoologie 3: 1-3. (Trigonocephalus lansbergii, new species). (in French).

External links

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