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Common names: forest vipers.
Bothriopsis is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in eastern Panama and most of northern South America.[1] Seven species are currently recognized.[2]
[edit] 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]
[edit] Species
| Species[2] |
Authority[2] |
Subsp.*[2] |
Common name |
Geographic range[1] |
| B. bilineata |
(Wied-Neuwied, 1825) |
1 |
Green Jararaca |
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 |
Venezuela forest pit viper |
Venezuela, including the the Cordillera de la Costa (coastal range), the Federal District and the states of Aragua, Bolívar and Carabobo. |
| B. oligolepis |
(Werner, 1901) |
0 |
Inca forest pit viper |
Eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. |
| B. peruviana |
(Boulenger, 1903) |
0 |
Peru forest pit viper |
Southeastern Peru. |
| B. pulchra |
(Peters, 1862) |
0 |
Andean forest pit viper |
Eastern slopes of the Andes from south-central Colombia to southern Ecuador. |
| B. punctata |
(Garcia, 1896) |
0 |
Chacoan forest pit viper |
From the Darién of Panama along the Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador to extreme northern Peru. |
| B. taeniataT |
(Wagler, 1824) |
1 |
Speckled forest pit viper |
Widespread in the equatorial forests of Equador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]
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