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Lachesis acrochorda (GARCIA, 1896)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Verrugosa, Guascama 
SynonymBothrops achrocordus GARCIA 1896: 23
Lachesis acrochorda — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004
Lachesis acrochorda — HOHMEISTER 2004
Lachesis achrocorda — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Lachesis acrochorda — WALLACH et al. 2014: 355 
DistributionPanama, Colombia, Ecuador, elevation 0-1000 m

Type locality: "las selvas deI Chocó, á orillas de los rios Atrato, San Juan, Dagua y Telembí y ... el camino de Buenaventura" [= Chocó forests, Atrato, San Juan, Dagua and Telembí riverbanks, and the Buenaventura highway, Chocó, Valle deI Cauca, Cauca and Nariño Dept., W Colombia].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: nondesignated, location unknown (WALLACH et al. 2014: 347) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1905 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

L. achrocorda was previously considered as a synonym of L. stenophrys. 
EtymologyThe specific name acrochorda comes from the Greek acrochordon (= wart), a reference to the warty dorsal scalation of the species. 
References
  • Barrio-Amorós, Cesar L.; Greivin Corrales, Sylvia Rodríguez , Jaime Culebras, Quetzal Dwyer, Diego Alejandro Flores 2020. The Bushmasters (Lachesis spp.): Queens of the rainforest. An overview of the taxonomy, distribution, natural history, lore, and conservation of the largest vipers in the world. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (3): 358-381 - get paper here
  • Batista A, Mebert K, Miranda M, Garcés O, Fuentes R, Ponce M. 2020. Endemism on a threatened sky island: new and rare species of herpetofauna from Cerro Chucantí, Eastern Panama. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(2) [General Section]: 27–46 (e237) - get paper here
  • 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]
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  • Fuentes, Rogemif Daniel and Greivin Corrales. 2016. New distribution record and reproductive data for the Chocoan Bushmaster, Lachesis acrochorda (Serpentes: Viperidae), in Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 115–127 - 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. - get paper here
  • Henao-Duque, Ana María; Greivin Corrales 2015. First report of the reproduction in captivity of the Chocoan Bushmaster, Lachesis acrochorda (García, 1896). Herpetology Notes 8: 315-320 - get paper here
  • Hohmeister, A. 2004. Der zentralamerikanische Buschmeister (Lachesis stenophrys COPE 1876) im Terrarium. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 56-62 - get paper here
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - get paper here
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