Atropoides

Atropoides
Scientific classification Edit this 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[2]

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.

  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.
  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).
  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.
  4. ^ "Atropoides picadoi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.