Metlapilcoatlus indomitus

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 indomitus

Name

Metlapilcoatlus indomitus (Smith & Ferrari-Castro, 2008)

• Holotype: UTA R-52952, adult ♂, collected by J.A. Ferrari-Castro between 17 and 22 May 2002.
• Type locality: “near the edge of Quebrada de Botaderos, Montaña de Botaderos, Departamento de Colón, Honduras, 670 m elevation (15°26’03.4” N, 86°08’37.3” W)”.

References

Primary references

• Smith, E.N. & Ferrari-Castro, J.A. 2008. A new species of jumping pitviper of the genus Atropoides (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Sierra de Botaderos and the Sierra La Muralla, Honduras. Zootaxa 1948: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Links

• Wilson, L.D. & Townsend, J.H. 2014. IUCN: Metlapilcoatlus indomitus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203656A2769417. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203656A2769417.en