Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Viperidae > Metlapilcoatlus > Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus

Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus (Jumping Pit Viper)

Synonyms: Atropoides mexicanus; Atropoides nummifer mexicanus; Atropos mexicanus; Bothriechis nummifer var. notata; Bothrops nummifer mexicanus

Wikipedia Abstract

Atropoides nummifer mexicanus is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to Mexico and Central America.
View Wikipedia Record: Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chiquibul Forest Reserve VI 148670 Belize  
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary IV 122962 Belize
Columbia River Forest Reserve VI 149053 Belize  
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Predators

Herpetotheres cachinnans (Laughing Falcon)[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
3The reptile hunter’s menu: A review of the prey species of Laughing Falcons, Herpetotheres cachinnans (Aves: Falconiformes), Henrique Caldeira COSTA, Leonardo Esteves LOPES, Bráulio de Freitas MARÇAL and Giancarlo ZORZIN, NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 10 (2) (2014)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0