Bothrocophias andianus (AMARAL, 1923)
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Bothrocophias andianus
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Andean Lancehead |
| Synonym | Bothrops andiana AMARAL 1923: 103 Bothrops andianus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 43 Bothrops andianus — WELCH 1994: 31 Bothrops andianus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 253 Bothrops andianus — HARVEY 2005: 12 Bothrops andianus — FENWICK et al. 2009 Bothrops (Daraninus) andianus — HOSER 2012 Bothrocophias andianus — CARRASCO et al. 2012 Bothrops andianus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 115 |
| Distribution | Peru (Cuzco, Puno), Bolivia (Cordillera Real) Type locality: Machu Picchu, Departamento Cuzco, Peru, 8000-10,000 ft. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ R8832. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bothrops andianus is distinguished from all congeners and from species of Bothrocophias and Bothriopsis by the following combination of characters: (1) lacunolabial present; (2) dorsal keels nontuberculate; (3) infralabials and gulars immaculate in adults; (4) canthorostrals absent; (5) most subcaudals divided; (6) ventrals 166–179 and subcaudals 49–63; (7) loreal subrectangular and elongate; (8) canthals moderate and separated by 3–5 scales; (9) internasals separated by 1–3 scales, rarely (9%) in contact; (10) postocular stripe distinct and black; (11) dorsum dull green to brown with pattern of subtriangular blotches or French telephone-shaped marks; black edging of dorsal blotches becoming 2–4 distinctive rows of black blotches on posterior body and base of tail (Harvey 2005: 13). |
| Comment | Venomous! Distribution: see map in Haprvey 2005: 12 (Fig. 7). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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