Lachesis acrochorda (GARCIA, 1896)
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Serpentes (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | S: Verrugosa, Guascama |
| Synonym | Bothrops achrocordus GARCIA 1896: 23
Lachesis acrochorda — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004
Lachesis acrochorda — HOHMEISTER 2004 |
| Distribution | Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, elevation 0-1000 m
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NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
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| Types | |
| Comment | Venomous!
L. achrocorda was previously considered as a synonym of L. stenophrys.
Reproduction: oviparous |
| References |
- Campbell, Jonathan A. and William W. Lamar 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere, 2 vols. Comstock (Cornell University Press), Ithaca, NY, 962 pp. [review in Science 305: 182]
- Carrera, C. et al. 2009. Guía de Campo de los Pequeños Vertebrados del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ). Publicación Miscelánea N° 5. Serie de Publicaciones del Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (MECN) – Fondo Ambiental del MDMQ. 1-89 pp. Imprenta Nuevo Arte. Quito-Ecuador.
- Castro, F.; Ayerbe, S.; Calderón, J.J. & Cepeda, B. 2005. Nuevo registro para Colombia de Bothrocophias campbelli y notas sobre B. colombianus y B. myersi (Serpentes:Viperidae). Novedades Colombianas 8(1):57-64 - get paper here
- Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here
- Garcia,E. 1896. Los Ofidios Venenosos del Cauca. Métodos empíricos y racionales empleados contra los accidentes producidos por la mordedura de esos reptiles. Cali: Librería Colombiana, xv + 102 pp.
- Hohmeister, A. 2004. Der zentralamerikanische Buschmeister (Lachesis stenophrys COPE 1876) im Terrarium. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 56-62 - get paper here
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