Porthidium volcanicum

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Porthidium volcanicum, the Ujarran hognosed pit viper, is a pit viper species endemic to Costa Rica.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

Description

Adults of P. volcanicum are moderately stout, with females growing to Script error: No such module "convert". in total length (including tail). The only male ever collected was Script error: No such module "convert". long.[3]

Geographic range

Porthidium volcanicum is known only from the type locality, which is given as "Ujarrás de Buenos Aires (Valle del General, suoeste de la provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica)", Volcán de Buenos Aires and Valle del General in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.[3]

Habitat

Porthidium volcanicum occurs in tropical moist forest. The region receives Script error: No such module "convert". of rainfall annually and has a dry season January–April.[1]

References

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  1. a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1500 plates. Template:ISBN.
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Further reading

  • Solórzano, Alejandro (1994). "Una nueva especie de serpiente terrestre del genero Porthidium (Serpentes: Viperidae), del Suroeste de Costa Rica ". Revista de Biología Tropical 42 (3): 695–701. (Porthidium volcanicum, new species). (in Spanish).

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