Metlapilcoatlus nummifer

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Metlapilcoatlus nummifer - Wikipedia

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Metlapilcoatlus nummifer

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Metlapilcoatlus
Species:	M. nummifer
Binomial name
*Metlapilcoatlus nummifer* (Rüppell, 1845)

Synonyms
Atropos nummifer Rüppell, 1845 T[rigonocephalus]. nummifer – Jan, 1859 T[eleuraspis]. nummifer – Cope, 1860 B[othrops]. nummifer – Jan, 1863 Th[anotos]. nummifer – Posada Arango, 1889 Th[anotophis]. nummifer – Posada Arango, 1889 Bothriechis nummifera – Günther, 1895 Lachesis nummifer – Boulenger, 1896 Lachesis nummifera – Boettger, 1898 Trimeresurus nummifer – Mocquard, 1909 Bothriochis mammifera Recinos, 1913 (ex errore) Bothrops nummifera – March, 1929 T[rimeresurus]. n[ummifer]. nummifer – Dunn, 1939 Bothrops nummifer nummifer – Burger, 1950 Bothrops nummifer veraecrusis Burger, 1950 Porthidium nummifer – Campbell & Lamar, 1989 Atropoides nummifer – Werman, 1992^[1]

Metlapilcoatlus nummifer, commonly known as Mexican jumping pit viper^[2] or jumping viper,^[3] is a pit viper species endemic to Mexico.

Description

Adults are short and exceedingly stout, commonly growing to 18–24 inches (46–61 centimetres) in total length. The snout is rounded with a sharp canthus.^[3]

At midbody there are 23–27 rows of dorsal scales that are strongly keeled, tubercular in large specimens. The ventral scales are 121–135, while the subcaudals are 26–36 and mostly single. The eye is separated from the labial scales by 3–4 rows of small scales.^[3]

The color pattern consists of a tan, light brown or gray ground color that is overlaid with a series of around 20 dark brown or black rhomboid blotches. The lower tips of these blotches often connect with spots on the flanks to form narrow crossbands. The top of the head is dark with oblique postorbital stripes, below which the side of the head is a lighter color. The belly is whitish, occasionally with dark brown blotches.^[3]

These snakes have sometimes been mistaken for young bushmasters (Lachesis muta), but can easily be identified by their lack of a specialized tail tip.^[3]

Geographic range

Found in eastern Mexico from San Luis Potosí southeastward on the Atlantic versant and lowlands. Found in various types of forest, including cloud forest and rain forest at 40–1,600 m (130–5,250 ft) altitude. The type originally lacked locality information, but apparently "Mexico" was filled in some time later. A restriction to Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico, was proposed by Burger (1950).^[1] Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus and Metlapilcoatlus occiduus were both formerly considered subspecies.

Conservation status

This species was classified as Least Concern (LC) when last assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in March of 2007, though this assessment is annotated as "needs updating" by the organization.^[4] The species is currently classified as threatened by the government of Mexico.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid, R. W.; Campbell, J. A.; Touré, T. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-01-4.^{[page needed]}
^ Campbell, J. A.; Lamar, W. W. (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Vol. 1–2. Comstock Publishing Associates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Poisonous snakes of the world. New York: Dover Publications. 1991. ISBN 978-0-486-26629-9.
^ Lopez-Luna, M. A.; Canseco-Márquez, L. (1 March 2007). "Atropoides nummifer". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2007.rlts.t64300a12760689.en. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, Protección ambiental-Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres-Categorías de riesgo y especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio-Lista de especies en riesgo" (PDF).
^ Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio (2020). "The herpetofauna of Hidalgo, Mexico: Composition, distribution, and conservation status" (PDF). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 14 (1): 63–118 (e224) – via Georgia College.

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Metlapilcoatlus nummifer at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2007.

Taxon identifiers
Atropoides nummifer	Wikidata: Q2632876 Wikispecies: Metlapilcoatlus nummifer ADW: Atropoides_nummifer EoL: 964247 GBIF: 2444130 iNaturalist: 30871 IRMNG: 10360000 ITIS: 585757 IUCN: 64300 NCBI: 44730 Observation.org: 97343 Open Tree of Life: 498993 RD: nummifer

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