Bothrops chloromelas (BOULENGER, 1912)
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Bothrops chloromelas
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Lachesis chloromelas BOULENGER 1912: 423 Bothrops chrysomelas AMARAL 1926 (in error for chloromelas) Bothrops chloromelas— WÜSTER et al. 2002 Bothriopsis chloromelas — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004 Bothriopsis chloromelas — HARVEY et al. 2005 Bothriopsis chloromelas — FENWICK et al. 2009 Bothrops chloromelas — CARRASCO et al. 2012 Bothriopsis chloromelas — WALLACH et al. 2014: 109 |
| Distribution | Peru (central Andes) Type locality: “Huancabamba, E. Peru, above 3000 feet” [elevation] |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.17.66 (formerly BMNH 1911.12.13.63) and BMNH 1946.1.19.51-52. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bothriopsis chloromelas is distinguished from all congeners and from species of Bothrocophias and Bothrops by the following combination of characters: (1) lacunolabial present; (2) dorsal keels nontuberculate; (3) infralabials yellow with small black spots; (4) canthoros- trals absent; (5) anteriormost 5–25 subcaudals entire; dis- tal subcaudals divided; (6) ventrals 183–204 and subcau- dals 49–64; (7) loreal subtriangular; (8) canthals narrow; (9) postocular stripe black and 2–3 temporals high; (11) head black with yellow lines forming circular patterns or head yellow with heavy black stippling and marking; supralabials green, heavily speckled in black; dorsum banded and lichenose (Harvey 2005: 29). |
| Comment | Lachesis chloromelas BOULENGER 1912 has been revalidated by HARVEY 2004, a notion that also CAMPBELL & LAMAR (2004) expressed without detailed justification. Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after Greek chloros (χλωρός), yellow; greenish yellow; green; pale, pallid. + Greek mélas (μέλας), black [“…Yellowish green above, speckled with black, with large black irregular spots...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
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