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Metlapilcoatlus nummifer (RÜPPELL, 1845)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jumping Pit Viper
S: Chalpate 
SynonymAtropos nummifer RÜPPELL 1845: 313
Bothrops nummifer — JAN 1863: 126
Teleuraspis nummifer — GARMAN 1884: 127
Lachesis nummifer — BOULENGER 1896
Trimeresurus nummifer — MOCQUARD 1909: 941
Bothrops nummifer — TAYLOR 1949: 213
Bothrops nummifer veraecrucis BURGER 1950: 65
Atropoides nummifer — LINER 1994
Porthidium nummifer nummifer — WELCH 1994: 101
Atropoides nummifer — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 240
Atropoides nummifer — SMITH & FERRARI-CASTRO 2008
Adelynhoserserpenae nummifer — HOSER 2012 (preliminary)
Atropoides nummifer — WALLACH et al. 2014: 85
Metlapilcoatlus nummifer — CAMPBELL et al. 2019
Metlapilcoaltus nummifer — VÁSQUEZ-CRUZ & CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ 2020 (in error)
Metlapilcuatlus nummifer — SIMÓN-SALVADOR et al. 2021 (in error) 
DistributionMexico (San Luis Potosi south to Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo)

Type locality: Mexico; restricted to Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico by BURGER 1950:65.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 21196 (formerly 9544,1a)
Holotype: USNM 25045 [Bothrops nummifer veraecrucis] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Diese Giftschlange hat den Kopf einer Vipera, die Vertiefung zwischen Auge und Nasenlöcher wie Trigonocephalus, die ganzen Schuppen unter dem Schwanz wie Echis, dabei die vorderen Zähne des Unterkiefers besonders lang. Vielleicht ist es nur eine junge Crotalus mit unentwickelter Klapper” [original diagnosis of Rüppell 1845: 313]. 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy partly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. Previously A. mexicanus and A. occiduus have been considered as subspecies of A. nummifer. Specimens from Guatemala that were previously described as A. nummifer have been molecularly grouped with A. olmec based on Castoe et al. 2003

Habitat: terrestrial

Distribution: not in Costa Rica (as stated in KÖHLER 2003). The populations from Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, S Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica are now included in A. mexicanus. For a map of localities see Tepos-Ramírez et al. 2021: Fig. 1. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is derived from the Latin word nummus, meaning "coin or piece of money," and the suffix -fer, meaning "bear," probably in reference to the shape of the dorsal blotches (LEMOS-ESPINAL & DIXON 2013). 
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