Cerrophidion tzotzilorum
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Viperoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Cerrophidion
Species:
Name
Cerrophidion tzotzilorum (Campbell, 1985)
- Holotype: UTA R-9641, adult ♂, collected on 8 June 1979 by J.A. Campbell.
- Type locality: “10.9 km ESE San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, elevation 2320 m.”
Combinations
- Bothrops tzotzilorum Campbell, 1985: 48 [original combination]
- Porthidium tzotzilorum — Campbell & Lamar, 1989: 327 [subsequent combination]
- Cerrophidion tzotzilorum — Campbell & Lamar, 1992: 26 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Campbell, J.A. 1985. A new species of highland pitviper of the genus Bothrops from southern Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 19(1): 48–54. DOI: 10.2307/1564419 JSTOR Reference page.
- Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press: Ithaca. 425 pp. ISBN 9780801420597
- Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1992. Taxonomic status of miscellaneous Neotropical viperids, with the description of a new genus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University 153: 1–31. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cerrophidion tzotzilorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 March 2018.
- Campbell, J.A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. IUCN: Cerrophidion tzotzilorum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64307A12762008. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64307A12762008.en
Vernacular names
- English: Tzotzil Montane Pit Viper
- español: Nauyaca de montaña tzotzil