Global InformationMetlapilcoatlus olmec information
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Metlapilcoatlus |
| Species: | M. olmec
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| Metlapilcoatlus olmec (Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & Juliá-Zertuche, 1985)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Common names: Tuxtlan jumping pitviper,[2] Olmecan pitviper[3]
Metlapilcoatlus olmec is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ^ Sierra. 2003. Venomous Species of the World. PDF at Venomousreptiles.org Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Atropoides olmec". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.