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Bothriechis marchi



Bothriechis marchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriechis
Species: B. marchi
Binomial name
Bothriechis marchi
(Barbour & Loveridge, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Bothrops nigroviridis marchi - Barbour & Loveridge, 1929
  • Trimeresurus nigroviridis marchi - Clark & Inger, 1942
  • Bothrops nigroviridis marchii - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Bothriechis nigroviridis marchi - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983
  • [Bothrops nigroviridis] marchi - Wilson & Meyer, 1982
  • Bothriechis aurifer marchi - Burger, 1985
  • Bothriechis marchi -Campbell & Lamar, 1989[1]
Common names: Honduran palm-pitviper.[2]

Bothriechis marchi is a venomous pitviper species found in Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

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Description

Adults often grow to more than 80 cm in length. The largest specimen on record was 96.8 cm. Green and relatively slender with a prehensile tail.[2]

Geographic range

Found on the Atlantic versant of northwestern Honduras and eastern Guatemala. Occurs in mesic forest at elevations of 500-1500 m altitude. The type locality given is "the Gold Mines at Quimistan [probably El Oro, Municipio de Quimistán, in the Sierra de Espíritu Santo to the northwest of the town of Quimistán], [Departamento de] Santa Barbara, Honduras Republic."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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).
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Bothriechis marchi (TSN 634842). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 September 2007.
 
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