Atropoides

Atropoides
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Atropoides
Species:	A. picadoi
Binomial name
	Atropoides picadoi; (Dunn, 1939)
Synonyms
	Trimeresurus nummifer picadoi ; Dunn, 1939; Bothrops picadoi ; — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945; Porthidium picadoi ; — Campbell & Lamar, 1989; A[tropoides]. picadoi ; — Werman, 1992;

Atropoides picadoi, also known as Picado's jumping pit viper,^[3] is a pit viper species in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Costa Rica. There are no subspecies that are recognised as being valid.^[4] It is monotypic in the genus Atropoides.

Etymology

The specific name, picadoi, is in honor of Costa Rican herpetologist Clodomiro Picado Twight.^[5]

Description

Adults of A. picadoi commonly reach a total length (including tail) of 75–95 cm (2.46–3.12 ft) with a maximum of 120.2 cm (3.94 ft). A. picadoi is extremely stout, though not quite so much as A. mexicanus.^[3]

Geographic range

Atropoides picadoi is found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama at 50–1,500 m (160–4,920 ft) altitude. Its geographic range includes the Cordillera de Tilarán, the Cordillera Central, and the Cordillera de Talamanca. The type locality given is "La Palma, [San José Province], Costa Rica, 4500 feet".^[2]

References

^ Solórzano, A.; Porras, L.W.; Chaves, G.; Bonilla, F.; Batista, A. (2022) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Atropoides picadoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T203657A217781703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T203657A217781703.en.
^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^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. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
^ "Atropoides picadoi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atropoides picadoi, p. 207).

External links

Atropoides picadoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2007.

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[iucn-1] Solórzano, A.; Porras, L.W.; Chaves, G.; Bonilla, F.; Batista, A. (2022) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Atropoides picadoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T203657A217781703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T203657A217781703.en.

[McD99-2] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[C&L04-3] Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.

[ITIS-4] "Atropoides picadoi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.

[5] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atropoides picadoi, p. 207).

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