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Bothrops medusa (STERNFELD, 1920)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Venezuela Forest Pit Viper
S: Viejita; Veinticuatro 
SynonymLachesis medusa STERNFELD 1920
Bothriopsis medusa — WELCH 1994: 31
? Bothrops eneydae SANDNER MONTILLA 1976
? Bothrops eneydae — SANDNER MONTILLA 1982
Bothrops medusa — SALOMÃO et al. 1997
Bothriopsis medusa — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 248
Bothrops medusa — WÜSTER et al. 2002
Bothrops medusa — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: 316
Bothriopsis medusa — FENWICK et al. 2009
Bothrops medusa — CARRASCO et al. 2012
Bothriopsis medusa — WALLACH et al. 2014: 110 
DistributionVenezuela (Aragua, Carabobo)

Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 21202, according to Mertens, 1967 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1505 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after the Medusa in Greek mythology, one of the Gorgons, female monsters whose hair was made up of snakes. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
  • Roze, J. A. 1952. Colección de reptiles del Profesor Scorza, de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 1 (5): 93-114
  • Señaris, J. Celsa; María Matilde Aristeguieta Padrón, Haidy Rojas Gil y Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic 2018. Guía ilustrada de los anfibios y reptiles del valle de Caracas, Venezuela. Ediciones IVIC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. 348 pp.
  • Sternfeld, R. 1920. Eine neue Schlange der Gattung Lachesis aus Südamerika. Senckenbergiana, 2: 181-185 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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