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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Bocuda, Cabeça-de-Capanga, Jararaca-do-Chaco, Jararaca-do-Rabo-Branco, Jararaca-Pintada, Jararaca-Pintada-Argentina, Jararaca-Pintada-do-Sul 
SynonymBothrops diporus COPE 1862: 347
Bothrops diporus — BOETTGER 1905: 239
Bothrops diporus — BOULENGER 1886: 438
Lachesis neuwiedi BOULENGER 1896 (part.)
Lachesis neuviedi — BERG 1898
Bothrops neuwiedi meridionalis AMARAL 1930: 66 (preoccupied)
Bothrops neuwiedi diporus — COCHRAN 1961: 151
Bothrops neuwiedi diporus — HOGE 1966 [1965]: 128
Bothrops neuwiedi diporus PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 50
Bothrops neuwiedi diporus — CEI 1993
Bothrops neuwiedi diporus — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 38
Bothrops diporus — SILVA in CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004
Bothrops diporus — TRUTNAU 2008
Bothrops diporus — DA SILVA & RODRIGUES 2008
Bothropoides diporus — FENWICK et al. 2009
Bothrops diporus — CARRASCO et al. 2012
Bothropoides diporus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 113
Bothrops diporus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionArgentina (La Rioja, La Pampa, Cordoba, San Luis, Mendoza, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Jujuy, Salta, Formosa, Chaco, Santa Fé, Corrientes and Misiones, Rio Negro: [HR 31: 254], Neuquén [HR 34: 386]),
Brazil (São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul),
Paraguay, Bolivia

Type locality: Vermejo River region, on boundary of Paraguay and Argentina.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 12380 (old USNM 5401) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Prolonged postcephalic stripes present, a resultant coalition of the occipital blotches with the first pair of dorsolateral blotches of the trunk. Supralabials evenly pigmented or with large dark markings (covering more than 50% of the supralabial surface) more conspicuous in the anterior half of the mouth; the largest spot is exactly under the eye. The borders of the dorsolateral blotches have well defined contours. Dorsolateral blotches in the trunk: 10 to 28 (mode 21); usually triangular, wide and close to each other.


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CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after Greek di- (δι-), twice; double + Greek poros (πόρος), pore; crossing-place. (COPE 1862, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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