Cerrophidion wilsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Cerrophidion
Species: Cerrophidion wilsoni

Name

Cerrophidion wilsoni Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012: 461

• Holotype: UTA R-52953, adult ♀, collected on 1 February 2005 at 1530 h by E. N. Smith (original number ENS 10860).
• Type locality: “Cerro Azul, Parque Nacional Montaña de Botaderos, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras, 15.37831°N, 86.14200°W, elevation 1420 m.”
• Etymology: A patronym honouring Larry David Wilson, in recognition of his career-long contributions to Mesoamerican herpetology.

References

Primary references

• 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 41(5): 455–470. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00547.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cerrophidion wilsoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Honduras Montane Pitviper