NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Costa Rica Montane Pitviper
Cerrophidion sasai Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Cerrophidion sasai, Panama.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Cerrophidion sasai, the Costa Rica montane pitviper, is a venomous snake mostly found in the southeastern parts of Mexico to the west of Panama. In Costa Rica it is found in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera de Talamanca at altitudes from 1,460 to 2,875 m (4,790 to 9,430 ft)
It is a diurnal species of snake that usually feeds on small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes, amphibians, and arthropods.
Wikipedia contributors, Cerrophidion sasai; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:45:16.018494+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cerrophidion sasai Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012
- Name authority
- Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012
- Common name
- Costa Rica Montane Pitviper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Cerrophidion
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusCerrophidion
- speciesCerrophidion sasai Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cerrophidion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Honduras Montane PitviperCerrophidion wilsoni Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell, 2012 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerro Petlalcala Montane PitviperCerrophidion petlalcalensis López-Luna, Vogt & Torre-Loranca, 1999 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cerrophidion&species=sasai Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:69MXJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.