Bothrocophias myrringae ANGARITA-SIERRA, CUBIDES-CUBILLOS & HURTADO-GÓMEZ, 2022
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Bothrocophias myrringae
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Bothrocophias myrringae ANGARITA-SIERRA, CUBIDES-CUBILLOS & HURTADO-GÓMEZ 2022 Bothrocophias microphthalmus — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1989: 255 Bothrocophias microphthalmus — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: Plate 474 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Cundinamarca) Type locality: vereda Mundo Nuevo, municipality of La Calera, department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, coordinates: N 4.660602778, W –73.88491667; elevation 2,761 m. a.s.l. |
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| Types | Holotype. INSZ 0268, an adult male, collected by local people and brought to Francisco Javier Ruiz, staff of the INS, on 29th August 2020. (Figs 1, 6G–I, 7, 8A–C in Angarita-Sierra et al. 2022) Paratypes. COLOMBIA [n=5; Fig. 8C–D]: Cundinamarca: Municipality of Guayabetal. Locality: unknown, IAvH-R 6877, coordinates N 4.17508, W –73.88117 (approximate to the town). Municipality of Choachí. Locality: Palo Alto, IAvH-R6840, coordinates N 4.61578, W –73.8904. Municipality of Fómeque. Locality: vereda de Coasavistá, INSV-SR-00365, coordinates N 4.495001, W –73.852056. — Meta: Municipality of El Calvario. Locality: unknown, INSVSR-0099, coordinates N 4.358925, W –73.71358889. Municipality of San Juanito. Locality: unknown, IAvH-R7045, coordinates N 4.457913889, W –73.67618889 (approximate to the town). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bothrocophias myrringae sp. nov. can be distinguished from all its congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 157–161 ventral scales in females, 152–155 ventral scales in males; (2) internasal scales in contact or separated by a single small scale (3) absence of canthorostral scales; (4) lacunolabial scale usually present; (5) hemipenial lobes slim and cylindrical, moderately capitate distally, weakly ornamented toward the apex with large and scarce calyces with weakly spinulate edges; (8) bifurcation point of the hemipenial lobes about 2–4 sudcaudal scales; (9) hemipenial body ornamented by numerous mesial spines that increase in size from the center to periphery of the hemipenial body and arranged in oblique lines; (10) in sulcate view, lateral and mesial spines of the hemipenial body variable in size; (11) sulcus spermaticus walls weakly defined; (12) usually more than 28 dark-brown bands and/or opposite or juxtaposed trapezoid-shaped blotches with paler centers dorsally; and (13) ventral surfaces of the tail with bright reddish or orange-reddish speckles with black spots without a regular pattern and heavily marked with dark pigment towards the base (Fig. 7). (Angarita-Sierra et al. 2022) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 7490 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the Latin translation of the Spanish nickname “Mirringa,” which means “pinch” or something very small. The word “Mirringa” was popularized by Rafael Pombo (1833–1912), a Colombian poet and writer who wrote a popular fable titled “Mirringa Mirronga. The name of the new species is in honor of the educator Myriam Sierra Guerrero (mother of the first author). |
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