Porthidium yucatanicum

Porthidium yucatanicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Porthidium
Species: Porthidium yucatanicum

Name

Porthidium yucatanicum (Smith, 1941)

• Holotype: USNM 46571, ♀, collected by E.W. Nelson and E.A. Goldman in February 1901.
• Type locality: “Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus yucatanicus Smith, 1941: 62 [original combination]
• Bothrops yucatanicus — Smith & Taylor, 1945 [subsequent combination]
• Porthidium yucatanicum — Campbell & Lamar, 1989 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, H.M. 1941. On the Mexican snakes of the genus Trimeresurus. Zoologica 26: 61–64.

Links

• Lee, J. & Calderón Mandujano, R. 2007. IUCN: Porthidium yucatanicum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64345A12772641. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64345A12772641.en. Accessed on 21 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Yucatán Hognosed Pitviper