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Bothriechis rasikusumorum 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: Shah’s Eyelash-Pitviper
G: Shahs Lanzenotter
S: Víbora de pestañas de los Shah; local Spanish name: Culebra de tiro 
SynonymBothriechis rasikusumorum ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS 2024: 45 
DistributionColombia (upper watershed of the Río Magdalena in Huila department, eastern slope of Cordillera Central, Cordillera Oriental, elevations 1,298–2,180 m)

Type locality: Vereda El Regenero, Huila department, Colombia (1.82023, -75.99867; 1616 m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CZUT-R 349 (Fig. 22), adult male collected by Hugo Hernández. Paratypes: See Suppl. material 1 in Arteaga et al. 2024. 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after Rasik Shah (1939–2022), Kusum Shah (1942–present), and their grandson Oscar Shah. The Shah family helped fund the expedition that led to the discovery of this new species. 
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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