Bothrops ammodytoides

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Bothrops ammodytoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: B. ammodytoides
Binomial name
Bothrops ammodytoides
Leybold, 1873
Synonyms
  • Bothrops ammodytoides - Leybold, 1873
  • Rhinocerophis nasus - Garman, 1881
  • Bothrops nasus - Berg, 1884
  • Bothrops patagonicus - Müller, 1885
  • Bothrops Burmeisteri - Koslowski, 1895
  • Lachesis ammodytoides - Boulenger, 1896
  • Bothrops ammodytoides - Amaral, 1930[1]

Common names: Patagonian lancehead,[2] Yararanata.[3]  
 
Bothrops ammodytoides is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Argentina.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

[edit] Geographic range

Found only in Argentina in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Chubut, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz and Tucumán. The type locality was first listed as "northern Argentina" and later emended to "province of Mendoza" Campbell and Lamar (1989).[1]

[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. ^ List of Bothrops Complex by scientific name at Jadin Expeditions. Accessed 7 November 2006.
  3. ^ Nomi Rettili Italiano - Inglese at serpenti.it. Accessed 7 November 2006.
  4. ^ Bothrops ammodytoides (TSN 634852). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 7 November 2006.


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