Bothrops alternatus

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iBothrops alternatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: B. alternatus
Binomial name
Bothrops alternatus
Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Synonyms
  • Craspedocephalus Brasiliensis - Gray, 1849
  • Bothrops alternatus - Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Trigonocephalus alternatus - Jan, 1859
  • Lachesis alternatus - Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis alternata - Boettger, 1898
  • Lachesis inaequalis - Magalhaes, 1925
  • Bothrops alternata - Amaral, 1925
  • Lachesis (Bothrops) alternata - Gliesch, 1931
  • Trimeresurus alternatus - Pope, 1944
  • Bothrops alternatus - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970[1]

Common names: urutu.


Bothrops alternatus is a venomous pit viper species found in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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[edit] Description

Grows to a length of 170 cm.

[edit] Geographic range

Found in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina (in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Formosa, La Pampa, Misiones, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán. The type locality is listed as "Amérique méridionale" and "Paraguay."[1]

[edit] Common names

Urutu, yarará, víbora de la cruz.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Bothrops alternatus (TSN 634851). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 7 November 2006.
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