Bothriechis rahimi ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE & HARRIS, 2024
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Bothriechis rahimi
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Rahim’s Eye- lash-Pitviper G: Rahims Lanzenotter S: Víbora de pestañas de Rahim |
| Synonym | Bothriechis rahimi ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS 2024: 48 |
| Distribution | Ecuador, SW Colombia Type locality: Tundaloma Lodge, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador (1.18236, -78.7525; 74 m) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZSFQ 5055 (18), adult female collected on January 1, 2017. Paratypes: See Suppl. material 1 in Arteaga et al. 2024. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bothriechis rahimi sp. nov. is diagnosed based on the following combination of characters: (1) two or three raised triangular or spinelike supraciliary scales; (2) anterior dorsal head scales keeled; (3) gular scales much smaller than chinshields; (4) 8–13 interoculolabials; (5) 4–5 canthals, some raised slightly forming a ridge along the canthus; (6) loreal not in contact with preocular; (7) yellow morph present; (8) dorsal bands pink and faint; (9) opposing kidney shaped dorsal marks absent; (10) black speckles on dorsal scales absent; (11) black speckling on ventral surfaces absent; (12) ventral surfaces entirely white in some individuals; (13) iris pale straw yellow with fine black speckles; (14) 21–23 dorsal scale rows at mid-body; (15) 137–145 ventrals in males, 146–151 in females; (16) maximum total length in males 336 mm, in females 494 mm. (Arteaga et al. 2024: 48) |
| Comment | Venomous! Synonymy: Reyes-Velasco 2024 argued that B. torvus, B. khwargi, B. klebbai, B. rasikusumorum, B. rahimi, B. nitidus, B. torvus, and B. hussaini should be synonymized with B. schlegelii, given their genetic and morphological similarity. Reyes-Velasco 2024 thus argued that only B. nigroadspersus, B. schlegelii, and B. supraciliaris should be maintained. We agree that the former 5 species are not very much differentiated from B. schlegelii and should be considered preliminary species. We have not adopted Reyes-Velasco’s revision yet as there are reportedly other studies in the process of publication, hence the taxonomy of Bothriechis is in flux and more changes are likely to come soon. |
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