Porthidium dunni
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- Common names: Dunn's hognosed pit viper.[1]
Porthidium dunni is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. There are no recognized subspecies.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn[3] "in appreciation of his work on American snake fauna".[4]
Description
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Geographic range
P. dunni is found in southern Mexico in the Pacific lowlands of Oaxaca and western Chiapas.[5]
The type locality given is "the immediate vicinity of the village of Tehuantepec" [Oaxaca, Mexico].[6]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. dunni is forest.[7]
Reproduction
P. dunni is ovoviviparous.[5]
Conservation status
The species P. dunni is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2007).[7] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is stable. Year assessed: 2007.[8]
References
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- ↑ a b 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. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Porthidium dunni, p. 77).
- ↑ Hartweg & Oliver (1938), pp. 5–6.
- ↑ a b Species Porthidium dunni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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- ↑ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 15 September 2007.
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Further reading
- Hartweg N, Oliver JA (1938). "A Contribution to the Herpetology of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: III. Three New Snakes from the Pacific Slope". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (390): 1–8 + Plate I. (Trimeresurus dunni, new species, pages 6–7 + Plate I, Figures B & D).
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. Template:ISBN.
- Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Wilson LD (2016). "Porthidium dunni (Hartweg and Oliver, 1938). Arboreality". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 156–157.