Bothrops moojeni

Bothrops moojeni, commonly known in English as the Brazilian lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] It is a pit viper endemic to South America.[1]

Bothrops moojeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. moojeni
Binomial name
Bothrops moojeni
Hoge, 1966[1]

Etymology

The specific name, moojeni, is in honor of Brazilian zoologist João Moojen de Oliveira (1904-1985).[3]

Geographic range

B. moojeni is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.[4]

The type locality is Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.[4]

Habitat

B. moojeni inhabits Araucaria moist forests and the Cerrado.[5]

Reproduction

B. moojeni is viviparous.[4]

Common names

In South America common names for B. moojeni include caiçaca, caissaca, caiçara, jacuruçu, and jararação.

References
  1. "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. 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).
  3. 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 moojeni, p. 182).
  4. Species Bothrops moojeni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org
  5. Borges RC, Araujo AFB (1998). "Seleção de habitat em duas espécies de jararaca ( Bothrops moojeni Hoge e B. neuwiedi Wagler) (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia 58 (4): 591-601. (in Portuguese).

Further reading
  • Hoge AR (1966). "Preliminary account on Neotropical Crotalinae (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 32 [1965]: 109–184. (Bothrops moojeni, new species).



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