Bothrops iglesiasi
| Cerrado lancehead | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Bothrops |
| Species: | B. iglesiasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothrops iglesiasi Amaral, 1923 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bothrops iglesiasi, or the Cerrado lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] It is endemic to Brazil.[3]
Taxonomy
Two different scientific names are in use for this species because there is not consensus among authorities.
- Bothrops iglesiasi is recognized by McDiarmid, Campbell, & Touré; ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System);[3] Wikispecies;[4] and English Wikipedia.
- Bothropoides lutzi is recognized by The Reptile Database,[1] Dahm's Tierleben,[5] and French Wikipedia.
Etymology
The specific name, iglesiasi, is in honor of Assis Iglesias, a "travelling naturalist from Butantan", who in 1918 collected the 20 specimens from which Amaral described this snake as a species new to science.
The specific name, lutzi, is in honor of Adolfo Lutz of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, who collected the type specimen, upon which Miranda-Ribeiro based his new species description. Adolfo Lutz was the father of Brazilian herpetologist Bertha Lutz.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Bothrops ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ 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).
- 1 2 "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ↑ species.wikimedia.org.
- ↑ "Bothrops ". Dahms Tierleben. http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/viperidae/Crotalinae
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops lutzi, p. 163).
Further reading
- Amaral A. 1923. "New Genera and Species of Snakes". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 8: 85-105. ("Bothrops iglesiasi sp. nov.", pp. 97–99).
- Miranda Ribeiro [sic] A. 1915. "Lachesis lutzi, Uma variedade de L. pictus Tschudi ". Archivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 17 (3): 3-4. ( = Bothropoides lutzi ).
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