Bothrocophias
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Bothrocophias is a genus of pit vipers in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae, known by the common name toadheaded pit vipers.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2]
Taxonomy
Bothrocophias is a relatively recently identified genus that consists of four[3] to nine[2] species, most of which were traditionally placed in Bothrops.
Oviparity
Recent evidence published by Campbell and Lamar (1989, 2004) suggests that Bothrocophias colombianus may lay eggs rather than give birth to live young. This would make it almost unique among New World pitvipers (but not Asian species). The only other American pitvipers known to lay eggs are the four species of bushmaster (Lachesis).
Species
The following nine species are recognized as being valid.[2]
| Image | Species | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bothrocophias andianus
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Bolivia and Peru | ||
| File:Bothrocophias campbelli 253005085.jpg | Bothrocophias campbelli
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Campbell's toadheaded viper
the Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper víbora boca de sapo |
Ecuador |
| Bothrocophias colombianus
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Colombian toad-headed pitviper | Columbia | |
| File:Bothrocophias hyoprora.jpg | Bothrocophias hyoprora
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Amazonian toad-headed pitviper | Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia |
| Bothrocophias lojanus
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Lojan lancehead
macanchi macaucho |
Ecuador, Peru | |
| File:Bothrocophias microphthalmus 6170928.jpg | Bothrocophias microphthalmus
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small-eyed toad-headed pit viper | Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Brazil |
| Bothrocophias myersi
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Myers toadheaded pitviper | Colombia | |
| Bothrocophias myrringae
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High-Andean Toad-Headed Pitviper | Colombia | |
| Bothrocophias tulitoi
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Colombia |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Bothrocophias.
References
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- ↑ a b c Bothrocophias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 June 2019.
- ↑ Bothrocophias . ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist. Consulted: 2010-08-15.
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Further reading
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- Campbell JA, Lamar WW (1989). The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates. 440 pp. Template:ISBN.
- Gutberlet RL, Campbell JA (2001). "Generic Recognition for a Neglected Lineage of South Amnerican Pitvipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the Description of a New Species from the Colombian Chocó ". American Museum Novitates (3316): 1–15. (Bothrocophias, new genus, p. 4). (Bothrocophias myersi, new species, p. 7).