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Bothriechis khwargi 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: Khwarg’s Eyelash-Pitviper.
G: Khwargs Lanzenotter
S: Víbora de pestañas de Khwarg 
SynonymBothriechis khwargi ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS 2024: 39 
DistributionColombia (Cordillera Oriental)

Type locality: Finca la Esperanza, vereda Sogamoso, municipio de Betulia, Santander department, Colombia (7.00600, -73.421608; 1195 m elevation.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: UIS-R 4294 (Figs 17, 18b), adult female collected by Elson Meneses-Pelayo on November 15, 2017.
Paratypes: All labeled Bothriechis khwargi sp. nov. in Suppl. material 1. 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous!

Sympatry: B. klebbai 
EtymologyNamed after Jue-won Khwarg, in recognition of his support of the discovery and protection of new species of vipers in the Andes of Colombia. Khwarg is a conservationist with a special love for the lesser-known reptiles of the unexplored regions of the tropics. 
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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