Bothrocophias

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Bothrocophias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrocophias
Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001

Bothrocophias is a genus of venomous snakes in the Crotalinae subfamily of the Viperidae family. A relatively recently identified genus, it consists of four species and are native to northern South America.

[edit] Species

  • Bothrocophias campbelli (Freire-lascano, 1991) - Ecuador.
  • Bothrocophias hyoprora (Amaral, 1935 - Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.
  • Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1876) - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia.
  • Bothrocophias myersi (Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001) - Colombia.

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