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Bothrops alcatraz MARQUES, MARTINS & SAZIMA, 2002

IUCN Red List - Bothrops alcatraz - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Jararaca-de-Alcatrazes
E: Alcatrazes lancehead 
SynonymBothrops alcatraz MARQUES, MARTINS & SAZIMA 2002
Bothropoides alcatraz — FENWICK et al. 2009
Bothrops alcatraz — CARRASCO et al. 2012
Bothropoides alcatraz — WALLACH et al. 2014: 113
Bothrops alcatraz — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionNE Brazil (São Paulo)

Type locality: Alcatrazes Island, , São Sebastião, São Paulo State, Brazil (24° 06’ S, 45° 42’ W)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP (= IB) 62545 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1900 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Conservation: one of the 30 most endangered viper species (Maritz et al. 2016).

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).

Distribution: see map in Barbo et al. 2022: 149 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after the local name of the frigate bird, Fregata magnificens (Pelecaniformes), whose colonies on the Alcatrazes Island give name to the type locality of the new species. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition. 
References
  • BARBO, FAUSTO E.; JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI, ANTONIO P. ALMEIDA, HUSSAM ZAHER, FELIPE G. GRAZZIOTIN, RODRIGO B. GUSMÃO, JOSÉ MÁRIO G. FERRARINI & RICARDO J. SAWAYA 2016. Another new and threatened species of lancehead genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Ilha dos Franceses, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4097 (4): 511–529 [erratum in Zootaxa 4105 (5): 500] - get paper here
  • Barbo, Fausto E.; Felipe G. Grazziotin, Gentil A. Pereira-Filho, Marco A. Freitas, Stephenson H.F. Abrantes, and Marcelo N. de C. Kokubum. 2022. Isolated by dry lands: integrative analyses unveil the existence of a new species and a previously unknown evolutionary lineage of Brazilian Lanceheads (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) from a Caatinga moist-forest enclave. Canadian Journal of Zoology 100 (2): 147-159 - get paper here
  • Barbo, Fausto E.; William W. Booker, Marcelo R. Duarte, Betina Chaluppe, José A. Portes-Junior, Francisco L. Franco and Felipe G. Grazziotin 2022. Speciation Process on Brazilian Continental Islands, with the Description of A New Insular Lancehead of the Genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 20 (1): 1-25 - get paper here
  • Bressan, Paulo Magalhães; Maria Cecília Martins Kierulff, Angélica Midori Sugieda (eds.) 2009. FAUNA AMEAÇADA DE EXTINÇÃO NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO: VERTEBRADOS. São Paulo: Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo: Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, 2009. - get paper here
  • Carrasco, P.A., C.I. Mattoni, G.C. Leynaud, and G.J. Scrocchi. 2012. Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of South American bothropoid pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 109-124 - get paper here
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