Английская Википедия:Cerrophidion godmani

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Cerrophidion godmani is a venomous pit viper species native to southern Mexico and Guatemala.[1] No subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1][2] It is also known commonly as Godman's montane pit viper[1][3] or Godman's pit viper.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, godmani, is in honor of English zoologist Frederick DuCane Godman.[5]

Description

Terrestrial and moderately stout, adults of C. godmani are usually less than Шаблон:Convert in total length (including tail), but sometimes grow to more than Шаблон:Convert.[3] The tail is non-prehensile and short.[1] The dorsal scales are in 21 rows at midbody.[1]

Geographic range

C. godmani is found in Mexico, in the Mexican states of Chiapas and southeastern Oaxaca, and in Guatemala. Populations from south of Guatemala are assigned to a new species, Cerrophidion sasai.[1] The type locality for C. godmani given by Günther in 1863 is "near Dueñas and on other parts of the tableland of Guatemala".[6]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. godmani are forest and grassland, at altitudes of Шаблон:Cvt.[7]

Behavior

C. godmani is terrestrial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.[7]

Diet

Adults of C. godmani prey predominately upon small mammals, and will occasionally eat amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Juveniles eat mostly arthropods.[7]

Reproduction

C. godmani is ovoviviparous.[1]

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Lachesis godmani, pp. 545–546).
  • Günther A (1863). "Third Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 12: 348-365. ("Bothriechis Godmanni", new species, pp. 364-365 + Plate VI, Figure G).
  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. Шаблон:ISBN.
  • Jadin RC, Smith EN, Campbell JA (2011). "Unravelling a tangle of Mexican serpents: a systematic revision of highland pitvipers". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 943–958.

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  3. 3,0 3,1 Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. Шаблон:ISBN.
  4. Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. Шаблон:ISBN.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Cerrophidion godmani, p. 102).
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