Bothriechis supraciliaris, or the blotched palm-pit viper, is a species of snake in the Viperidae family that is endemic to Costa Rica.[1][2][3][4] It is 50–60 cm (20–24 in) in length but can reach till 80 centimetres (31 in).[5] Their body colour varies, it can be either bluish-green, reddish-brown, or reddish-maroon, but usually it is bright or moss-green. The body is also circular, ovoid and rhomboid with irregular dorsal blotches, that sometimes can go in crossbands. The belly is light and have 21-23 dorsal scales rows on it midbody. The head of the species carries dark stripes and prominent scales that are located above the eyes.[5] The only sexual dimorphism noted is that females of the species tend to be longer and thicker than males.[6]
Its range is limited to mountains near San Isidro del General, San Jose Province, Costa Rica.[3]
B. supraciliaris was formerly considered a subspecies of B. schlegelii, the eyelash palm-pitviper.[1][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 O'Shea, Mark (March 2008). Venomous Snakes of the World. New Holland Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84773-086-2.
- ↑ "Taxonomic Information for Bothriechis supraciliaris". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Facts about Bothriechis supraciliaris". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Lomonte, Bruno; Tsai, Wan-Chih; Bonilla, Fabián; Solórzano, Alejandro; Solano, Gabriela; Angulo, Yamileth; Gutiérrez, José María; Calvete, Juan J. (2012). "Snake venomics and toxicological profiling of the arboreal pitviper Bothriechis supraciliaris from Costa Rica". Toxicon 59 (5): 592–599. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.01.005. ISSN 0041-0101.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bothriechis supraciliaris". AFPMB Living Hazards Database. Armed Forces Pest Management Board. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Solórzano, Alejandro; Gómez, Luis D.; Monge-Nájera, Julián; Crother, Brian I. (1998). "Redescription and validation of Bothriechis supraciliaris". Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (2): 1001–1013. ISSN 0034-7744.
- ↑ Lillywhite, Harvey B. (April 2014). How Snakes Work: Structure, Function and Behavior of the World's Snakes. Oxford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-19-538037-8.