Bothrops barnetti

Bothrops barnetti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bothrops
Species:	B. barnetti
Binomial name
	Bothrops barnetti; Parker, 1938
Synonyms[1]
	Bothrops barnetti ; Parker, 1938; Trimeresurus barnetti ; — K.P. Schmidt & W. Walker, 1943; Bothrops barnetti ; — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970;

Bothrops barnetti (Barnett's lancehead, Barnett's pit viper) is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Peru. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, barnetti, is in honor of Burgess Barnett (1888–1944), who collected the holotype and paratypes. Dr. Barnett was Curator of Reptiles at the London Zoo (1932–1937) and Superintendent of the Rangoon Zoological Gardens (1938–1944).^[3]

Description

Bothrops barnetti is patterned in white and black triangles. Males usually grow to 120 cm (47 inches) in total length (including tail), whereas females are quite smaller and thinner. The body is heavily shaped and stocky.

Common names

English common names for B. barnetti are Barnett's lancehead^[4] and Barnett's pit viper.^[5] In Peru it is referred to as cascabel, cascabel falso, macanch, sancarranca, and zancarranca.^[4]

Geographic range

B. barnetti is found along the Pacific coast of northern Peru. It occurs at low elevations in arid, tropical scrub.

The type locality given is "from the mouths of Quebradas Honda and Perines, between Lobitos and Talara, northern Peru".^[1]

References

1 2 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 barnetti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
↑ 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 barnetti, p. 17).
1 2 Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
↑ Brown JH (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73–229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.

External links

Bothrops barnetti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2007.

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[McD99-1] 1 2 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).

[ITIS-2] "Bothrops barnetti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 November 2006.

[3] 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 barnetti, p. 17).

[C&L04-4] 1 2 Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.

[Bro73-5] Brown JH (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73–229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.