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Bothriechis hussaini ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS, 2024

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hussain’s Eyelash-Pitviper
G: Hussains Lanzenotter
S: Víbora de pestañas de Hussain; local name: Cabeza de candado, víbora sol (yellow morph) 
SynonymBothriechis hussaini ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS 2024 
DistributionSW Ecuador, NW Peru

Type locality: Buenaventura Biological Reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador (-3.65467, -79.76794; 524 m  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSFQ 5056 (Figs 29, 30g), subadult male collected on June 11, 2019.
Paratypes: AMNH, DH- MECN, MZUA, ZSFQ 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after Prince Hussain Aga Khan, who has devoted his life, influence, and wealth to environmental conservation since he was eleven years old. In 2014, he created a Swiss-based non-profit called Focused On Nature (FON), through which he protects endangered global biodiversity through local organizations worldwide. 
References
  • Arteaga A, Pyron RA, Batista A, Vieira J, Meneses Pelayo E, Smith EN, Barrio Amorós CL, Koch C, Agne S, Valencia JH, Bustamante L, Harris KJ 2024. Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three. Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15-64 - get paper here
 
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