Bothriopsis
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- Common names: forest-pitvipers.[2]
Bothriopsis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in eastern Panama and most of northern South America.[1] The name is derived from the Greek words bothros for "pit", and -opsis for "face" or "appearance"; obviously an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.[2] Seven species are currently recognized.[3]
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[edit] Description
Members of this genus vary in size from small to as much as 150 cm in length. All have a prehensile tail and cryptic color patterns that are typically arboreal adaptations. These color patterns may include a lot of green, and may or may not include pale or dark markings.[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[3] | Authority[3] | Subsp.*[3] | Common name[2] | Geographic range[1] |
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| B. bilineata | (Wied-Neuwied, 1825) | 1 | Two-striped forest-pitviper | 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 | Venezuelan forest-pitviper | Venezuela, including the Cordillera de la Costa (coastal range), the Federal District and the states of Aragua, Bolívar and Carabobo. |
| B. oligolepis | (Werner, 1901) | 0 | Peruvian forest-pitviper | Eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. |
| B. peruviana | (Boulenger, 1903) | 0 | Inca forest-pitviper | Southeastern Peru. |
| B. pulchra | (Peters, 1862) | 0 | Andean forest-pitviper | Eastern slopes of the Andes from south-central Colombia to southern Ecuador. |
| B. punctata | (Garcia, 1896) | 0 | Chocoan forest pit viper[4] | From the Darién of Panama along the Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador to extreme northern Peru. |
| B. taeniataT | (Wagler, 1824) | 1 | Speckled forest-pitviper | Widespread in the equatorial forests of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]
[edit] See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e 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).
- ^ a b c d Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ^ a b c d Bothriopsis (TSN 634412). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 April 2008.
- ^ Bothriopsis punctata at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 18 April 2008.
[edit] External links
- Bothriopsis at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 18 April 2008.
