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| name = ''Ophryacus melanurus''
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| status_system = iucn3.1
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| trend = down
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| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN2014.3| id = 64340| title = Mixcoatlus melanurus| assessors = Canseco-Márquez, L., Campbell, J.A., Ponce-Campos, P., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A.| year = 2007| downloaded = 13 December 2014}}</ref>
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| taxon = Mixcoatlus melanurus
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
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| authority = ([[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]], 1924)
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Crotalinae]]
| genus = ''[[Ophryacus]]''
| species = '''''O. melanurus'''''
| binomial = ''Ophryacus melanurus''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]], 1924)
| synonyms = * ''Trimeresurus melanurus'' <br><small>L. Müller, 1924</small>
| synonyms = * ''Trimeresurus melanurus'' <br><small>L. Müller, 1924</small>
* ''Bothrops melanura'' <small>&ndash; [[:fr:Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1930</small>
* ''Bothrops melanura'' <small>&ndash; [[:fr:Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1930</small>
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:'''''Common names:''' black-tailed horned pitviper.<ref name="C&L04">Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.</ref>''
:'''''Common names:''' black-tailed horned pitviper.<ref name="C&L04">Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.</ref>''


'''''Ophryacus melanurus''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Crotalinae|pitviper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to the mountains of southern [[Mexico]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=586175 |taxon=''Ophryacus melanurus'' |accessdate=27 July 2008}}</ref>
'''''Mixcoatlus melanurus''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Crotalinae|pitviper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to the mountains of southern [[Mexico]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Mixcoatlus|species=melanurus|accessdate=13 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=586175 |taxon=''Ophryacus melanurus'' |accessdate=27 July 2008}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==
This species is classified as Endangered (EN) on the [[World Conservation Union|IUCN]] [[IUCN Red List|Red List of Threatened Species]] with the following criteria: B1ab(iii) (v3.1, 2001).<ref name="IUCN">{{Redlist species|no=64340|genus=Ophryacus|species=melanurus|date=27 July|year=2008}}</ref> A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that the geographic range, in the form of extent of occurrence, is estimated to be less than 5,000 km² (1,931 mi²), that estimates indicate it to be severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than 5 locations, and that a continuing decline has been observed, inferred or projected, in area, extent and/or quality of habitat. It is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In 2007 when it was last assessed, the population trend was down.<ref name="IUCN-31">{{Redlist CC2001|date=27 July|year=2008}}</ref>
This species is classified as Endangered (EN) on the [[World Conservation Union|IUCN]] [[IUCN Red List|Red List of Threatened Species]] with the following criteria: B1ab(iii) (v3.1, 2001).<ref name=IUCN/> A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that the geographic range, in the form of extent of occurrence, is estimated to be less than 5,000 km² (1,931 mi²), that estimates indicate it to be severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than 5 locations, and that a continuing decline has been observed, inferred or projected, in area, extent and/or quality of habitat. It is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In 2007 when it was last assessed, the population trend was down.<ref name="IUCN-31">{{Redlist CC2001|date=27 July|year=2008}}</ref>


==Behavior==
==Behavior==

Revision as of 12:03, 13 December 2014

Mixcoatlus melanurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Mixcoatlus
Species:
M. melanurus
Binomial name
Mixcoatlus melanurus
(L. Müller, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus melanurus
    L. Müller, 1924
  • Bothrops melanura – Amaral, 1930
  • Trimeresurus garciai
    H.M. Smith, 1940
  • Trimeresurus garciae – Taylor, 1944
  • Bothrops melanurus
    – Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Porthidium melanurum
    – Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Ophryacus melanurus
    – Gutberlet, 1998[2]
Common names: black-tailed horned pitviper.[3]

Mixcoatlus melanurus is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the mountains of southern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4][5]

Description

Adults grow to between 37.5 and 50 cm (14¾-19⅝ inches) in length and have a moderately stout build.[3] In Mexico is called necazcoatl from nahualt the worlds necaztli and coatl which means "earred-serpent" referring to its "horns".

Geographic range

It is found in two Mexican states, southern Puebla and Oaxaca, at elevations of 1600–2400m (5,250-7,875 feet). The type locality given is "Mexico."[2]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1ab(iii) (v3.1, 2001).[1] A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that the geographic range, in the form of extent of occurrence, is estimated to be less than 5,000 km² (1,931 mi²), that estimates indicate it to be severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than 5 locations, and that a continuing decline has been observed, inferred or projected, in area, extent and/or quality of habitat. It is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In 2007 when it was last assessed, the population trend was down.[6]

Behavior

Terrestrial.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.3
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ a b c Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  4. ^ Mixcoatlus melanurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Ophryacus melanurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  6. ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 27 July 2008.

Further reading

  • Müller, L. 1924. Ueber neue oder seltene mittel- und südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin
    11 (1): 75-93. (Trimeresurus melanurus, p. 92.)


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