Bothrops jonathani
| Bothrops jonathani | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Bothrops |
| Species: | B. jonathani |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothrops jonathani Harvey, 1994 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bothrops jonathani, or the Cochabamba lancehead, is a species of snake, a venomous pit viper, in the family Viperidae.[2] It is endemic to South America.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, jonathani, is in honor of American herpetologist Jonathan A. Campbell.[1][4]
Geographic range
B. jonathani is found in Cochabamba Department of southern Bolivia and in adjacent northwestern Argentina.[1]
Habitat
B. jonathani inhabits xeric areas of the Andes at altitudes of 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and higher.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Bothrops jonathani ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 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).
- ↑ "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; M. Watkins; and M. Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops jonathani, pp. 46, 136).
- ↑ Carrasco, P.A.; M.B. Harvey; and A. Muñoz Saravia. 2009. The rare Andean pitviper Rhinocerophis jonathani (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae): redescription with comments on its systematics and biogeography. Zootaxa 2283: 1-15.
Further reading
- Harvey, M.B. 1994. A new species of montane pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) from Cochabamba, Bolivia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 107 (1): 60-66. (Bothrops jonathani, new species).
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