Metlapilcoatlus borealis

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: Metlapilcoatlus
Species: Metlapilcoatlus borealis

Name

Metlapilcoatlus borealis Tepos-Ramírez, Flores-Villela, Velasco, Lara, García-Rubio & Jadin, 2021: 186

• Holotype: MZFC 35381 (field number OFV 1331), ♀, collected by Jacinto Chávez on 30 June 2015.
• Type locality: “El Pilón, Jalpan de Serra Municipality, Querétaro, México, 1,134 m (21.4998,-99.1738)”.

References

Primary references

• Tepos-Ramírez, M., Flores-Villela, O., Velasco, J.A., Lara, C.P., García-Rubio, O.R. & Jadin, R.C. 2021. Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphometrics Reveal a New Endemic Jumping Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Metlapilcoatlus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 181–191. DOI: 10.1670/20-028 Reference page.