Porthidium hespere

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: Porthidium
Species: Porthidium hespere

Name

Porthidium hespere (Campbell, 1976)

• Holotype: UTA R-4443, adult ♀.
• Type locality: “on a west-facing slope of the foothills ca. 12 airline km NE of Tecomán, Municipio de Ixlahuacán [= Ixtlahuacán], Colima, Mexico, ... at an elevation of approximately 300 m.”

Combinations

• Bothrops hesperis Campbell, 1976: 152 [original combination]
• Porthidium hespere — Campbell & Lamar, 1989: 316 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A. 1976. A new terrestrial pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Crotalidae) from western Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 10(3): 151–160. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press: Ithaca. 425 pp. ISBN 9780801420597

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Porthidium hespere. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 March 2018.
• Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Porthidium hespere  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64343A12772464. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64343A12772464.en

Vernacular names

English: Western Hognose Viper