Bothrops barnetti
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Common names: Macanche.
Bothrops barnetti is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Peru. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
[edit] Description
Average specimens grows to a length of 170 cm and weigh about 5 kg, with a maximum of 270 cm and approximately 16 kg. Skins have been seen of up to 3 meters but this size might be a product of the stretching that suffers the skin of snake on having been dried to the sun.
It has a triangular head, a quite robust and firm body, with a short and thick tail. The coloration is brown or gray with a few designs in the shape of oblong brown or dark gray rings.
[edit] Geographic range
Found along the Pacific coast of northern Peru. It occurs at low elevations in arid, tropical scrub. The type locality given is "from the mouths of Quebradas Honda and Perines, between Lobitos and Talara, northern Peru.[1]
[edit] Cited references
- ^ 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).
- ^ Bothrops barnetti (TSN 634855). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 5 November 2006.
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