Bothriechis rasikusumorum ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Shah’s Eyelash-Pitviper G: Shahs Lanzenotter S: Víbora de pestañas de los Shah; local Spanish name: Culebra de tiro |
Synonym | Bothriechis rasikusumorum ARTEAGA, PYRON, BATISTA, VIEIRA, MENESES-PELAYO, SMITH, BARRIO-AMORÓS, KOCH, AGNE, VALENCIA, BUSTAMANTE, HARRIS 2024: 45 |
Distribution | Colombia (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 | |
Types | Holotype: CZUT-R 349 (Fig. 22), adult male collected by Hugo Hernández. Paratypes: See Suppl. material 1 in Arteaga et al. 2024. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Venomous! |
Etymology | Named 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. |
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