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Bothriopsis



Bothriopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriopsis
Peters, 1861
Synonyms
  • Bothriopsis - Peters, 1861[1]
Common names: forest-pitvipers.[2]

Bothriopsis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in eastern Panama and most of northern South America.[1] The name is derived from the Greek words bothros for "pit", and -opsis for "face" or "appearance"; obviously an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.[2] Seven species are currently recognized.[3]

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Description

Members of this genus vary in size from small to as much as 150 cm in length. All have a prehensile tail and cryptic color patterns that are typically arboreal adaptations. These color patterns may include a lot of green, and may or may not include pale or dark markings.[2]

Geographic range

Found in eastern Panama and most of northern South America, including the Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador, the Andes Mountains from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia, the Amazon Basin and the Atlantic forests of Brazil.[1]

Species

Species[3] Authority[3] Subsp.*[3] Common name[2] Geographic range[1]
B. bilineata (Wied-Neuwied, 1825) 1 Two-striped forest-pitviper Amazon region of South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. An isolated population is known from the Atlantic versant of southeastern Brazil.
B. medusa (Sternfeld, 1920) 0 Venezuelan forest-pitviper Venezuela, including the Cordillera de la Costa (coastal range), the Federal District and the states of Aragua, Bolívar and Carabobo.
B. oligolepis (Werner, 1901) 0 Peruvian forest-pitviper Eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia.
B. peruviana (Boulenger, 1903) 0 Inca forest-pitviper Southeastern Peru.
B. pulchra (Peters, 1862) 0 Andean forest-pitviper Eastern slopes of the Andes from south-central Colombia to southern Ecuador.
B. punctata (Garcia, 1896) 0 Chacoan forest-pitviper[4] From the Darién of Panama along the Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador to extreme northern Peru.
B. taeniataT (Wagler, 1824) 1 Speckled forest-pitviper Widespread in the equatorial forests of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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 c d Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  3. ^ a b c d Bothriopsis (TSN ). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 3 November 2006.
  4. ^ Bothriopsis punctata at The Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2007.
 
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