Bothrops oligobalius DAL VECHIO, PRATES, GRAZZIOTIN, GRABOSKI & RODRIGUES, 2021
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Bothrops oligobalius
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Bothrops oligobalius DAL VECHIO, PRATES, GRAZZIOTIN, GRABOSKI & RODRIGUES 2021 Bothrops neglecta — AMARAL 1923: 100–102; in part Bothrops neglecta — HOGE & LANCINI 1962: 16 Bothrops brazili — HOGE 1962: 63 Bothrops neglecta — ROZE 1966: 286 Bothrops brazili — HOGE et al. 1972: 231; in part Bothrops brazili — CUNHA & NASCIMENTO 1975: 12 in part Bothrops brazili — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980: 591 Bothrops brazili — CHIPPAUX 1986: 50 Bothrops brazili — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1989 Bothrops brazili — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004 Bothrops brazili ‘northern clade’ — DAL VECHIO et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amapá), Colombia Type locality: terra firme (non-flooded) Amazonian lowland forests, at the Lourenço municipality (00°41ʹ48.2”S, 57°42ʹ45.1”W), state of Amapá, Brazil |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 23282 (MTR 13844), A male, collected by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues and Antoine Fouquet on 22 April 2007, under a leaf of Cecropia sp. (Figure 3). ZooBank ID number: 8E9124E2-94E6-434B-B086 -5043CE02893C Paratypes (n=10): MNRJ 10050–51 (females) from São Gabriel da Cachoeira municipality, state of Amazonas, Brazil; MPEG 3274 (female) from Almeirim municipality, state of Pará; MZUSP 11719 (male) from Rio Maracá, Mazagão municipality, state of Amapá; Colombia: ICN 2155 (male) from Puerto Santander, Caquetá river, Araracuara, Amazonas; ICN 10000 (female), ICN 10001–02 (male) from Puré river, Letícia, Amazonas (Figure 5); ICN 8176 (female) from Caparú, Taraira lake, Vaupés; ICN 10404 (female) from Mosiro Itajura biological research, Taraira lake, Vaupés. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) A robust body species, SVL = 245–805 mm, (2) short tail, TL = 35–113 mm; (3) 23–27 dorsals on the first third of the body; (4) 23–25 dorsals at midbody; (5) 18–21 dorsals on the last third of the body; (6) 156–164 ventrals in females (median = 160) and 154–159 in males (median = 156); (7) anal scale not divided; (8) 42–48 paired subcaudals in females (median = 44.5) and 47–52 in males (median = 48.8); (9) 9–13 lateral trapezoidal marks in each side (median = 11,01 and 11,7 on the right and left side, respectively); (10) post- orbital stripe absent or poorly marked; (11) eight supralabials; (12) 10–12 infralabials; (13) second supralabial fused to the prelacunal; (14) belly checkered; (15) absence of vertebral stripe. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3603 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Only limited data and bibliography provided as authors did not provide them upon request. Distribution: see map in Del Vechio et al. 2021: 2426 (Fig. 6). |
| Etymology | The specific name derives from the Greek oligos (few) and balios (spotted, dappled). The name is a reference to the smaller number of lateral trapezoidal marks on the body compared to Bothrops brazili, a name now restricted to the populations south of the Amazon River (see below). |
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