Porthidium lansbergii

Porthidium lansbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Porthidium
Species:	P. lansbergii
Binomial name
	Porthidium lansbergii; (Schlegel, 1841)
Synonyms
	Trigonocephalus lansbergii Schlegel, 1841; T[eleuraspis]. Castelnaui Var. brachystoma Cope, 1860; T[eleuraspis]. Lansbergi ; – Cope, 1860; Bothriechis brachystoma ; – Cope, 1860; Bothrops lansbergii ; – Günther, 1863; B[othrops]. Boussingaultii Jan, 1863; B[othrops]. Lansbergi ; – Jan, 1863; Porthidium lansbergii ; – Cope, 1871; Bothriopsis brachystoma ; – Cope, 1871; B[othriopsis]. castelnavi var. brachystoma – Cope, 1871; Bothrops brachystoma ; – F. Müller, 1880; Bothriopsis br[achystoma]. ; – F. Müller, 1880; Brothriopsis brachystoma ; – Cope, 1887; Teleuraspis castelnaudi var. brachystoma – Cope, 1887; Th[anatos]. Lansbergii ; – Posada Arango, 1889; Th[anatophis]. Lansbergi ; – Posada Arango, 1889; Th[anatos]. Boussingaultii ; – Posada Arango, 1889; Th[anatophis]. Boussingaultii – Posada Arango, 1889; Bothriechis lansbergii ; – Günther, 1895; Lachesis lansbergii ; – Boulenger, 1896; Lachesis brachystoma ; – Boulenger, 1896; Trimeresurus brachystoma ; – Mocquard, 1989; Bothriechis lansbergii ; – Recinos, 1913; Lachesis lansbergi ; – Griffin, 1916; Bothrops lansbergii venezuelensis Roze, 1959; B[othrops]. l[ansbergii]. lansbergii – Roze, 1959; Porthidium lansbergii ; – Campbell & Lamar, 1989; Porthidium lansbergii lansbergii – Campbell & Lamar, 1989;

Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pitviper.^[2]

Porthidium lansbergii is a venomous pitviper species found in Central and South America. Currently, four subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, lansbergii, is in honor of "M[onsieur]. de Lansberge", Dutch consul at Caracas, Venezuela, in 1841.

Description

Adults average 30-50 cm (11¾-19⅝ inches) in total length with a maximum of 90 cm (35⅜ inches). Terrestrial and moderately slender.^[2]

Common names

Lansberg's hognosed pitviper. Also called patoco in Colombia and Panama.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in extreme eastern Central America in the xeric coastal lowlands of central and eastern Panama. In northern South America in the Atlantic lowlands of Colombia and northern Venezuela, as well as the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. The type locality given is "les environs de Turbaco [Department de Bolívar], en Colombie" According to Amaral (1929), likely from Tumaco.^[1]

According to the range map provided by Campbell & Lamar (2004), the subspecies P. l. rozei and P. l. lansbergii intergrade in the northern part of the Guajira Peninsula.^[2]

Subspecies

Subspecies^[3]	Taxon author^[3]	Common name	Geographic range^[1]^[2]
P. l. arcosae	(Schätti & Kramer, 1993)	Manabí hognosed pitviper^[2]	Western Ecuador in the Pacific lowlands of Manabí Province.
P. l. hutmanni	(Sandner Montilla, 1989)		Endemic to Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
P. l. lansbergii	(Schlegel, 1841)		Northern Colombia and Panama.
P. l. rozei	J.A. Peters, 1968		Venezuela from the Lake Maracaibo region and along the coast as far east as Caripito Monagas. Also enters northeastern Colombia to the southwest of Lake Maracaibo.

Taxonomy

Capmbell & Lamar (2004) consider P. l. arcosae a full species.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Porthidium lansbergii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 September 2007.

External links

Porthidium lansbergii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 September 2007.

[McD99-1] 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).

[C&L04-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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.

[ITIS-3] "Porthidium lansbergii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 September 2007.

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