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
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 hespereCampbell & 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

Vernacular names

English: Western Hognose Viper
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