Bothriechis marchi
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Bothriechis marchi, also known commonly as the Honduran palm pit viper and March's palm pit viper, is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake, in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Central America.[1][2][3] There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, marchi, is in honor of herpetologist Douglas H. March, who died from the bite of a fer-de-lance in 1939.[4]
Description
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Geographic range
Bothriechis marchi is found on the Atlantic versant of northwestern Honduras.[1][2] Its range might extend into eastern Guatemala. Records from Nicaragua are probably in error.[1] It occurs in mesic forest at elevations of Script error: No such module "convert". altitude. The type locality given is "the Gold Mines at Quimistan [probably El Oro, Municipio de Quimistán, in the Sierra de Espíritu Santo to the northwest of the town of Quimistán], [Departamento de] Santa Barbara, Honduras Republic".[5]
Reproduction
Bothriechis marchi is viviparous.[2]
References
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- ↑ a b c d Bothriechis marchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2023.
- ↑ a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1,500 plates. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Bothriechis marchi, p. 168).
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Further reading
- Barbour T, Loveridge A (1929). "On some Hondurian and Guatemalan snakes with the description of a new arboreal pit viper of the genus Bothrops ". Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 3: 1–3. (Bothrops nigroviridis marchi, new subspecies).
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