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Cerrophidion godmani (GÜNTHER, 1863)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Godman's Montane Pit Viper
G: Godman-Berggrubenotter
S: Nauyaca del Frio 
SynonymBothriechis godmanni GÜNTHER 1863
Lachesis godmani BOULENGER 1896
Bothrops godmani GÜNTHER 1863
Bothriechis scutigera FISCHER 1880
Bothriechis trianguligera FISCHER 1883: 13
Trimeresurus godmani — SMITH 1941: 61
Trimeresurus godmani — POPE 1955
Porthidium godmani — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1989: 315
Cerrophidion godmani — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1992
Cerrophidion godmani — LINER 1994
Porthidium godmani — WELCH 1994: 101
Cerrophidion godmani — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 274
Porthidium godmani — PORRAS & SOLORZANO 2006
Cerrophidion godmani — JADIN et al. 2011
Cerrophidion godmani — WALLACH et al. 2014: 156 
DistributionSE Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), Guatemala

Type locality: Totonicapam, Totonicapam, Guatemala (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.112-115 and BMNH 1946.1.18.80 (status unclear) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): see Campbell & Lamar 1992: 24.


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CommentVenomous!

Habitat: terrestrial

Distribution: populations from south of Guatemala have been described as a new species, C. sasai by JADIN et al. 2012. Map in JADIN et al. 2012 (e.g. reported from Costa Rica by Solorzano 2004.)

Type species: Bothriechis godmanni GÜNTHER 1863 is the type species of the genus Cerrophidion CAMPBELL & LAMAR, 1992. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Frederick du Cane Godman (1834-1919), a British naturalist and lawyer who was wealthy enough that he had no need to work, so he studied natural history.

The genus name comes from the Spanish cerro, meaning mountain, an allusion to the habitat, and the Greek ophidion, meaning small snake (Campbell & Lamar, 1992). 
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