Bothrops lanceolatus
Bothrops lanceolatus |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Subphylum: |
Vertebrata |
Class: |
Reptilia |
Order: |
Squamata |
Suborder: |
Serpentes |
Family: |
Viperidae |
Subfamily: |
Crotalinae |
Genus: |
Bothrops |
Species: |
B. lanceolatus |
Binomial name |
Bothrops lanceolatus
(Bonnaterre, 1790) |
Synonyms |
- Vipera Caerulescens - Laurenti, 1768
- [Coluber] glaucus - Gmelin, 1788
- C[oluber]. Lanceolatus - Lacépède, 1789
- C[oluber]. Brasiliensis - Lacépède, 1789
- C[oluber]. Tigrinus - Lacépède, 1789
- C[oluber]. lanceolatus - Bonaterre, 1790
- C[oluber]. hastatus - Suckow, 1798
- Vipera lanceolata - Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
- Vipera brasiliniana - Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
- Coluber Megaera - Shaw, 1802
- Vipera tigrina - Daudin, 1803
- Vipera brasiliana - Daudin, 1803
- Trigonocephalus lanceolatus - Oppel, 1811
- [Trigonocephalus] tigrinus - Oppel, 1811
- [Cophias] lanceolatus - Merrem, 1820
- Trigonoceph[alus]. lanceolatus - Schinz, 1822
- Craspedocephalus lanceolatus - Fitzinger, 1826
- [Bothrops] lanceolatus - Wagler, 1830
- T[rigonocephalus]. lanceolatus - Schlegel, 1837
- Bothrops cenereus - Gray, 1842
- C[rasedocephalus]. brasiliensis - Wucherer, 1863
- Bothrops brasiliensis - Cope, 1875
- Bothrops glaucus - Vaillant, 1887
- Lachesis lanceolatus - Boulenger, 1896
- Lachesis lanceolata - Boettger, 1898
- Bothrops lanceolata - Hoge, 1953
- Vipera coerulescens - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
- Bothrops l[anceolatus]. lanceolatus - Sandner Montilla, 1990
- Bothrops lanceolatus - Golay et al., 1993
- Vipera coerulescens - Golay et al., 1993[1]
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- Common names: fer-de-lance, Martinican pit viper,[2] Martinique lancehead.[3]
Bothrops lanceolatus is a venomous pitviper species generally considered endemic to the island of Martinique. No one has satisfactorily explained why it has flourished there and is unknown on nearly all other Caribbean islands. Some reserve the name fer-de-lance for this species, while others apply that name to other Bothrops species as well. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Geographic range
Bothrops lanceolatus is generally considered endemic to the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles. However, the British Museum of Natural History has two specimens from Guadeloupe. The type locality according to Bonnaterre (1790:11) is "La Martinique".[1]
Vexillological trivia
The species is depicted on the unofficial flag of Martinique, one of the few examples (the First Navy Jack of the United States being another) of snakes being depicted on flags.
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