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Bothriechis rowleyi



Bothriechis rowleyi
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriechis
Species: B. rowleyi
Binomial name
Bothriechis rowleyi
(Bogert, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Bothrops rowleyi - Bogert, 1968
  • Bothrops nigroviridis rowleyi - H.M. Smith & Moll, 1969
  • Bothrops nigroviridis macdougalli - H.M. Smith & Moll, 1969
  • Bothriechis rowleyi - Campbell & Lamar, 1989[1]
Common names: Mexican palm-pitviper.[2]

Bothriechis rowleyi is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

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Description

Adults grow to at least 97.3 cm in length. Slender and green with a prehensile tail.[2]

Geographic range

Found in Mexico in southeastern Oaxaca and northern Chiapas. Occurs in cloud forests at 1500-1830 m altitude. The type locality given is "a ridge that extends northward from Rancho Vicente, Colonia Rodolfo Figueroa, approximately 5 miles west of Cerro Baúl. The site is at an elevation of approximately 1520 meters, on the headwaters of the Río Grijalva, roughly 30 kilometers to the north and slightly to the east of San Pedero Tapánatepec, in the Distrito de Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico."[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) (v3.1, 2001).[4] A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 20,000 km², that estimates indicate the population to be severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than 10 locations, and that a continuing decline has been observed, inferred or projected, in the area, extent and/or quality of habitat. In addition, the area of occupancy is estimated to be less than 2000 km². It is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. The population trend is down. Year assessed: 2007.[5]

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 rowleyi (TSN 585767). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 September 2007.
  4. ^ Bothriechis rowleyi at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
  5. ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
 
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