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Bothrops itapetiningae (BOULENGER, 1907)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sao Paulo Lancehead
Portuguese: Boipeva, Cotiarinha, Jararaca, Jararaquinha, Jararaquinha-do-Campo, 
SynonymLachesis itapetiningae BOULENGER 1907
Lachesis itapetiningae — WERNER 1924: 47
Bothrops itapetiningae — AMARAL 1929: 235
Bothrops itapetiningae — PETERS et al. 1970: 46
Bothrops itapetiningae — WELCH 1994: 33
Bothrops itapetiningae — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 262
Rhinocerophis itapetiningae — FENWICK et al. 2009
Bothrops itapetiningae — CARRASCO et al. 2012
Rhinocerophis itapetiningae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 649
Bothrops itapetiningae — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionSE Brazil (Minas Gerais, S Goias, Mato Grosso, Sao Paulo, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul ?, Santa Catarina)

Type locality: Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brazil.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.1.19.49-50 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2419 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Description of a new pit viper from Brazil. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 20: 338 - 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
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  • 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
  • FENWICK, ALLYSON M.; RONALD L. GUTBERLET JR, JENNAFER A. EVANS, CHRISTOPHER L. PARKINSON 2009. Morphological and molecular evidence for phylogeny and classification of South American pitvipers, genera Bothrops, Bothriopsis, and Bothrocophias (Serpentes: Viperidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3): 617-640 - get paper here
  • Ferreto Fiorillo, Bruno; Alexandro Marques Tozetti, Marcio Martins 2020. Habitat use by five species of sympatric pitvipers (Bothrops, Crotalus) in a Brazilian savannah. Herpetology Notes 13: 951-960 - get paper here
  • Fiorillo, B. F., Maciel, J. H., & Martins, M. 2021. Composition and natural history of a snake community from the southern Cerrado, southeastern Brazil. ZooKeys 1056: 95-147 - get paper here
  • Franca, F.G.R.; Daniel O. Mesquita, Cristiano C. Nogueira, and Alexandre F. B. Araújo 2008. Phylogeny and Ecology Determine Morphological Structure in a Snake Assemblage in the Central Brazilian Cerrado. Copeia 2008 (1): 23-38 - get paper here
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  • Leão, S. M. 2012. História natural, modelagem de distribuição e conservação de Bothrops itapetiningae Boulenger, 1907 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), espécie endêmica do Cerrado. PhD Dissertation, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil - get paper here
  • Leão, Suelem Muniz; Nicolás Pelegrin, Cristiano de Campos Nogueira, and Reuber Albuquerque Brandão 2014. Natural History of Bothrops itapetiningae Boulenger, 1907 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), an Endemic Species of the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Herpetology Sep 2014, Vol. 48, No. 3: 324-331. - get paper here
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