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Cerrophidion wilsoni JADIN, TOWNSEND, CASTOE & CAMPBELL, 2012

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Honduras Montane Pitviper 
SynonymCerrophidion wilsoni JADIN, TOWNSEND, CASTOE & CAMPBELL 2012
Cerrophidion wilsoni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 157
Cerrophidion wilsoni — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023 
DistributionHonduras (Olancho), El Salvador, Nicaragua

Type locality: Cerro Azul, Parque Nacional Montaña de Botaderos, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras, 15.37831°N, 86.14200°W, elevation 1420 m.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: UTA R-52953; an adult female, Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, University of Texas at Arlington, collected on 1 February 2005 at 1530 h by E. N. Smith (original number ENS 10860). Paratypes (8). UTA R-59478, adult male, from Reserva Biologíca Güisayote, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Honduras, 14.4386°N ⁄ 89.0624°W, 2195 m elevation. UTA R-59479, subadult female, from Cataguana, Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro, Departamento de Francisco Moraza ́n, Honduras, 15.0198°N ⁄ 87.1221°W, 1910 m elevation. UTA R-59480, a juvenile, from 3.45 km NNE of La Fortuna, Reserva de Vida Silvestre Texı ́guat, Departamento de Yoro, Honduras, 15.4451°N ⁄ 87.3046°W, 1885 m,collected on 10 April 2008 by J. M. Butler, L. Ketzler, J. Slapcinsky, N. M. Stewart, J. H. Townsend and L. D. Wilson. USNM 578908, adult female from Los Tres Cerritos, Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras, 14.9106°N⁄86.0126°W, 1690 m, collected 2 January 2011 by M. Medina-Flores and O. Reyes-Caldero ́n. UF 147610–11, adult males from Quebrada Cantiles, Parque Nacional Cusuco, Departamento de Corte ́s, Honduras, 15.5111°N ⁄ 88.2448°W, 1760 m, collected 13 and 14 March 2006 by J. H. Townsend and L. D. Wilson. KU 291242, adult female from Cerro El Pital, Departamento de Chalatenango, El Salvador, 14.3878°N ⁄ 89.1167°W, 2485 m, collected on 16 May 2001 by R. Gregorio, R. Bolanos, O. Komar and K. Gomez. KU 289801, adult gravid female from Cerro Montecristo, Parque Nacional Montecristo, Departamento de Santa Ana, El Salvador, 14.4011°N ⁄ 89.3617°W, 2200 m, collected on 15 July 2000 by E. Greenbaum and J. Porras. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2580 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: McCranie (2009, 2011), Townsend and Wilson (2010), and Wilson and Johnson (2010) allocated the Honduran material of this species to C. godmani; Jadin et al. (2012), however, assigned it to a new species and restricted the application of the name C. godmani to populations in Mexico. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a patronym honouring Larry David Wilson. We are pleased to name this species in honour of him, in recognition of his career-long contributions to Mesoamerican herpetology. His work in Central America began with his first trip to Mexico in 1966 and has resulted in numerous contributions, including two volumes of the book Snakes of Honduras (Wilson & Meyer 1982, 1985), numerous other books on regional herpetology (e.g., McCranie & Wilson 2002; Townsend & Wilson 2008), and most recently leading efforts to compile the seminal volume Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles (Wilson et al. 2010). He has described over 70 species of Middle American amphibians and reptiles and worked on a broad range of questions in snake systematics [from JADIN et al. 2012]. 
References
  • Fernández, M., J. G. Martínez-Fonseca, M. Salazar-Saavedra, L. Gutiérrez, J. Loza and J. Sunyer. 2017. First verified record of Cerrophidion wilsoni (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) from Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 481–484 - get paper here
  • Jadin, R.C., Townsend, J.H., Castoe, T.A. & Campbell, J.A. 2012. Cryptic diversity in disjunct populations of Middle American Montane Pitvipers: a systematic reassessment of Cerrophidion godmani. Zoologica Scripta doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00547.x - get paper here
  • Laking AE, Solís JM, Brown T, Maddock ST, Burdekin O, Taylor P, Lonsdale G, Green SEW, Martin TE, Galdamez JR, Kolby JE, Erens J, Jocque M 2024. The amphibians and reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Northwest Honduras: updates from a long-term conservation programme. In: Lipińska M, Lopez-Selva MM, Sierra JM (Eds) Biodiversity research in Central America. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(2): 37-62 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • Solís, José Mario; Rony E. Valle, Luis A. Herrera, Carlos M. O’Reilly, and Roberto Downing. 2015. Range extensions and new departmental records for amphibians and reptiles in Honduras. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (4): 557 - get paper here
  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
  • Sunyer, J. C. Jirón, A. A. Acosta Antón, and A. A. Gutiérrez Rodríguez. 2017. Cerrophidion wilsoni Jadin, Townsend, Castoe, and Campbell, 2012. Nicaragua, Nueva Segovia, Jinotega. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 967–969 - get paper here
  • Sunyer, Javier & José́ Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca 2023. An updated country checklist to the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. REVISTA NICARAGÜENSE DE BIODIVERSIDAD (100): 1-25 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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