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Bothriechis hussaini ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE & HARRIS, 2024

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hussain’s Eyelash-Pitviper
G: Hussains Lanzenotter
S: Víbora de pestañas de Hussain; local name: Cabeza de candado, víbora sol (yellow morph) 
SynonymBothriechis hussaini ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS 2024: 54 
DistributionSW Ecuador, NW Peru

Type locality: Buenaventura Biological Reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador (-3.65467, -79.76794; 524 m  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSFQ 5056 (Figs 29, 30g), subadult male collected on June 11, 2019.
Paratypes: AMNH, DH- MECN, MZUA, ZSFQ 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bothriechis hussaini sp. nov. is diagnosed based on the following combination of characters: (1) supraciliary scales low and granular to triangular; (2) anterior dorsal head scales smooth or barely keeled; (3) gular scales 1/2 size of chinshields; (4) 5–8 interoculolabials; (5) 2–3 canthals, which may be flat or slightly raised forming a ridge along the canthus; (6) loreal in contact with preocular; (7) yellow morph present; (8) dorsal bands black or pink or a combination of both; (9) opposing kidney shaped dorsal marks absent; (10) black speckles on dorsal scales present; (11) black speckling on ventral surfaces prominent; (12) ventral surfaces never entirely white; (13) iris green to yellow with fine black speckles, spots, or reticulations; (14) 21–23 dorsal scale rows at mid-body; (15) 140–151 ventrals in males, 147–153 in females; (16) maximum total length in males 608 mm, in females 656 mm. (Arteaga et al. 2024: 50)


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CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after Prince Hussain Aga Khan, who has devoted his life, influence, and wealth to environmental conservation since he was eleven years old. In 2014, he created a Swiss-based non-profit called Focused On Nature (FON), through which he protects endangered global biodiversity through local organizations worldwide. 
References
  • Arteaga A, Pyron RA, Batista A, Vieira J, Meneses Pelayo E, Smith EN, Barrio Amorós CL, Koch C, Agne S, Valencia JH, Bustamante L, Harris KJ 2024. Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three. Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15-64 - get paper here
 
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