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Cerrophidion godmani
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by Agkistrodon85 on January 25, 2004
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Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I posted here, hope yall are doing ok.
Anyway, a friend gave me a C. godmani for Christmas and I haven't been able to find any good info about them. I'm looking for things like toxicity, natural history, locale, etc. So if anyone has any info or know where I can find some I'd really appreciate it!
Rebecca :)
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by Snakeman1982 on January 25, 2004
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Hey Rebecca,
Its been a long time since you've posted on here. You changed your name and everything. Still working at the Ellen Trout Zoo? How is everything going in Texas?
Robert
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by Agkistrodon85 on January 25, 2004
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Hi Robert!
Yeah, I had to change my screen name because I couldn't remember my old one, haha...
I'm still working at the zoo, things are going pretty good there. We just got through our AZA inspection so we're all breathing a little easier now.
So how is everyone here? Anything exciting happen while I was gone?
Rebecca :)
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by Crotalus64 on January 27, 2004
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They are montane and might require cooler temps than a Porthidium or Atropodies. They are found in Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Western Panama. Sorry I can't give you more info, I looked and could not find any useful info on the net.
-good luck
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by Agkistrodon85 on January 28, 2004
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Thanks Crotalus!
I figured out why I couldn't find any info on them, they've been reclassified. They're in Porthidium now.
Rebecca :)
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by Snakeman1982 on January 29, 2004
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Hey Rebecca,
Sorry, I didn't pay any attention to the subject title till now, lol.
Cerrophidion godmani was in the Porthidium genus for a few years but it is back to Cerrophidion.
Twan Leender's book "Field guide to
Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica" and Dr. Jay M. Savage's book "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica" should both have quite a bit of natural history information on it. I'll check my Campbell's Amphibians and Reptiles of N. G., Yucatan, and Belize book later. Along with Dr. Julian Lee's A field guide to the A and R of the Mayan World. There might be something on it in there. I don't have time to retype all of it for you though. I doubt they'll have any info on them about how to take care of them. I am pretty sure that bites from the Godman's Montane Pitviper are much less severe than many other vipers of the region. I'll look that up for you.
All of these are excellent books but Savage's is by far the best! It is stuffed with info on all of the species of Costa Rica and certainly worth the $75 price tag. The others should be in the $20's.
What do you want to know about them and I can look it up in the books?
Hope this helps,
Robert
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by Agkistrodon85 on January 30, 2004
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Hey Robert,
I'm mainly looking for info on their location so I can set up a "geographicly correct" exhibit for him. I can't help it, I'm a zoo keeper... My exhibit must be correct, zoo protocal demands it!! Ok, I'll stop now, haha...
Thanks,
Rebecca :)
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