Bothrops microphthalmus

Bothrops microphthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: B. microphthalmus
Binomial name
Bothrops microphthalmus
Cope, 1875
Synonyms
  • Bothrops microphthalmus Cope, 1875
  • Lachesis microphthalmus
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis pleuroxanthus Boulenger, 1912
  • Porthidium microphthalmum — Schätti & Kramer, 1993
  • Bothrops microphthalmus
    — Welch, 1994
  • Bothrocophias microphthalmus
    — Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001
  • Bothrops microphthalmus
    — Lehr et al., 2002[1]

Bothrops microphthalmus, or the small-eyed toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.[3]

Geographic range

B. microphthalmus is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (countries listed from north to south).

The type locality is "between Balsa Puerto and Moyabamba, Peru".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bothrocophias microphthalmus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: 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.

Further reading


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