Bothriechis bicolor (BOCOURT, 1868)
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Bothriechis bicolor
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Guatemala Palm Pit Viper G: Zweifarbige Lanzenotter, Guatemala-Palmenlanzenotter S: Nauyaca Verde |
| Synonym | Bothrops bicolor BOCOURT 1868: 202 Bothrops (Bothriechis) Bernoulli MÜLLER 1878: 399 Trimeresurus bicolor — MOCQUARD 1909: 948 Trimeresurus bicolor — SMITH 1941: 61 Bothrops bicolor — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 44 ? Bothriechis ornatus JULIÁ & VARELA 1978 (fide VILLA et al. 1988) ? Bothrops ornatus — VILLA et al. 1988 Bothrops bicolor — VILLA et al. 1988 Bothriechis bicolor — LINER 1994 Bothriechis bicolor — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 244 Bothriechis bicolor — WALLACH et al. 2014: 107 |
| Distribution | Mexico (SW Chiapas), Guatemala, along the Pacific versant of the southern Volcanic Cordillera Type locality: Forests of St. Augustin, on western slope of Cordillera, Departamento de Sololá, Guatemala, 610 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1362 (MNHN-RA 1362 and MNHN-RA1362A-D) among which one was given to R. Hoge in 1956 and one given or destroyed in 1895 so three remained in MNHN-RA collections. They were renumbred as MNHN-RA 1362 and MNHN-RA 1991.3169-3170 |
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| Comment | Venomous! Synonymy partly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. Distribution: reports from Honduras may represent B. marchi or B. thalassinus (pers. comm., Robert Meidinger, 24 Apr 2013) although some sources report it from Honduras (e.g. McDiarmid et al. 1999: 244). Not in Honduras fide McCranie 2015 (checklist Honduras). Clause et al. 2020 finally resolved this issue by showing that previous reports from Honduras are attributable to B. thalassinus. Habitat: forests, fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin bicolor, of two colors. [“...La coloration en dessus est d’un beau vert tendre; en dessous, jaune indien légèrement verdàtre...”]. |
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