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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]

References

^ ^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).
^ ^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.
^ Bothriechis marchi (TSN 634842). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 September 2007.