Bothrops jonathani

Bothrops jonathani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Bothrops
Species: B. jonathani
Binomial name
Bothrops jonathani
Harvey, 1994
Synonyms
  • Rhinocerophis jonathani
    — Fenwick et al., 2009[1]

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. 1 2 3 "Bothrops jonathani ". 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. ↑ "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ 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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