Mixcoatlus barbouri (DUNN, 1919)
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Barbour's Montane Pit Viper S: Vibora Colorada |
Synonym | Lachesis barbouri DUNN 1919: 213 Bothrops barbouri — AMARAL 1929: 234 Trimeresurus barbouri — SMITH 1941: 61 Porthidium barbouri — WELCH 1994: 101 Cerrophidion barbouri — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1992 Cerrophidion barbouri — LINER 1994 Cerrophidion barbouri — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 273 Mixcoatlus barbouri — JADIN et al. 2011 Mixcoatlus barbouri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 457 |
Distribution | SW Mexico (Guerrero, Sierra Madre del Sur), 2,300 to 2,608 m Type locality: Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 46347 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A small Lachesis with single subcaudals, 17 rows of scales, and an enlarged frontal shield” (Dunn 1919: 213). Additional details (170 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Venomous! Synonymy: Jadin et al. 2011 removed Agkistrodon browni SHREVE 1938 from the synonymy of Cerrophidion barbouri. Habitat: terrestrial |
Etymology | Named after Thomas Barbour (1884-1946), Associate Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians (1923), and, later, Director (1927) of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. |
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