Bothrops iglesiasi

Cerrado lancehead
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Bothrops
Species: B. iglesiasi
Binomial name
Bothrops iglesiasi
Amaral, 1923
Synonyms

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] Dahms 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. 1 2 "Bothrops ". 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. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. 1 2 "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
  4. ↑ species.wikimedia.org.
  5. ↑ "Bothrops ". Dahms Tierleben. http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/viperidae/Crotalinae. (in German).
  6. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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, new species, 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 ). (in Portuguese).


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