Bothrops hyoprorus

Bothrops hyoprorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: B. hyoprorus
Binomial name
Bothrops hyoprorus
Amaral, 1935
Synonyms
  • Porthidium hyoprora
    Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Bothrocophias hyoprora
    Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001[1]

Bothrops hyoprorus, or the Amazonian toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the Viperidae family.[2] It is endemic to northwestern South America.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (in the states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, and Rondônia), Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.

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