Cerrophidion petlalcalensis LÓPEZ-LUNA, VOGT & TORRE-LORANCA, 1999

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cerro Petlalcala Montane Pitviper S: Petates de Cerro Petlalcala
Synonym	Cerrophidion petlalcalensis LÓPEZ-LUNA, VOGT & TORRE-LORANCA 1999 Cerrophidion petlalcalense (emendation) Cerrophidion petlalcalensis — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: 434 Cerrophidion petlalcalensis — JADIN et al. 2011 Cerrophidion petlalcalensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 156
Distribution	Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) Type locality: Cerro de Petlalcala, Municipio San Andres Tenejapan, Veracruz, Mexico (2100 m elevation), 18°47’N, 97°06’W.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: CAR-EBTT (= IBH-LT = UNAM-LT) H 3454
Diagnosis
Comment	Venomous! Nomenclature: The correct name should be Cerrophidion petlalcalense because of the gender of Cerrophidion. Habitat: terrestrial Distribution: see map in JADIN et al. 2012
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Contreras-Calvario, Angel Ivan; Rene Avalos Vela, Jorge Luis Castillo Juárez 2019. APORTACIONES AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA DIETA DE Cerrophidion petlalcalensis (Marco Antonio López Luna, Richard C. Vogt, Miguel Ángel De la Torre Loranca, 1999) (Viperidae). Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 2 (2): 60-63 - get paper here Dunn,E.R. 1919. Two new crotaline snakes from western Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 32: 213-216 - get paper here Garcia Vazquez, Uri Omar 2019. NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS FOR THE RARE MEXICAN PITVIPER Cerrophidion petlalcalensis (SQUAMATA: VIPERIDAE) FROM VERACRUZ AND OAXACA, MÉXICO, WITH COMMENTS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 2 (2): 71-77 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp 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 JADIN, ROBERT C.; ERIC N. SMITH and JONATHAN A. CAMPBELL 2011. Unravelling a tangle of Mexican serpents: a systematic revision of highland pitvipers. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 943–958 - get paper here López-Luna, Marco Antonio, Richard C. Vogt and Miguel Angel de la Torre-Loranca. 1999. A new species of montane pitviper from Veracruz, México. Herpetologica 55 (3): 382-389 - get paper here OLIVEIRA-DALLAND, LUIS G.; LAURA R.V. ALENCAR, LEANDRO R. TAMBOSI, PAOLA A. CARRASCO, RHETT M. RAUTSAW, JESUS SIGALA-RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO SCROCCHI & MARCIO MARTINS. 2022. Conservation gaps for Neotropical vipers: Mismatches between protected areas, species richness and evolutionary distinctiveness. Biological Conservation 275(109750). - get paper here Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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