Bothrops sanctaecrucis HOGE, 1966
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Bolivian Lancehead |
Synonym | Bothrops sanctaecrucis HOGE 1966 Bothrops sanctaecrucis — WELCH 1994: 35 Bothrops sanctaecrucis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 271 Bothrops sanctaecrucis — FENWICK et al. 2009 Bothrops sanctaecrucis — CARRASCO et al. 2012 Bothrops sanctaecrucis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 119 Bothrops sactaecrucis — DAL VECHIO et al. 2021 (in error) |
Distribution | Bolivia (El Beni, Santa Cruz) Type locality: Rio Sécure, Oromono, Bolivia |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: IBSP (= IB) 24575 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bothrops sanctaecrucis is distinguished from all congeners and from species of Bothrocophias and Bothriopsis by the following combination of characters: (1) lacunolabial present; (2) dorsal keels nontuberculate; (3) infralabials and gulars immaculate; (4) canthorostrals absent; (5) subcaudals divided; (6) ventrals 175–191 and subcaudals 55–65; (7) loreal subtriangular; (8) canthals wide, in contact or separated by 1–3 scales; (9) internasals in contact or rarely separated by 1 small scale; (10) post-ocular stripe absent or dark gray to black and narrow: less than one temporal high; (11) dorsum tan to pale gray with brown X-shaped or “French telephone”-shaped marks first edged in cream then in black; venter, labials, and chin immaculate cream (diffusely pigmented in juveniles); distal one-half of tail black in adults (Harvey 2005: 22). |
Comment | Venomous! Distribution: See map in Harvey 2005: 14 (Fig. 9). |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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