Bothrops caribbaeus (GARMAN, 1887)
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Bothrops caribbaeus
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Saint Lucia Lancehead, Saint Lucia Viper |
| Synonym | Trigonocephalus caribbaeus GARMAN 1887: 285 Bothrops lanceolatus caribbeus — SANDNER-MONTILLA 1990: 12 Coluber lanceolatus LACÉPÈDE 1789 Bothrops caribbaea — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 593 Bothrops caribbeus – LAZELL 1964 Bothrops caribbaeus — WELCH 1994: 33 Bothrops caribbaeus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 259 Bothrops caribbaeus — FENWICK et al. 2009 Bothrops caribbaeus — CARRASCO et al. 2012 Bothrops caribbaeus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 116 |
| Distribution | Lesser Antilles: St. Lucia Type locality: St. Lucia; restricted to Grande Anse, Dauphin Quarter, St. Lucia, by Lazell, 1964. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Lectotype: MCZ 4814, designated by Lazell, 1964b. |
| Diagnosis | Original description from GARMN (1887): Labials 7 to 8; lower lahials 8 to 11. Rows of scales 25, 27, 27; ventrals 197, 206, 209; subcaudals 64, 69 pairs. This serpent is more slender than that from Martinique; it has narrower scales and not nearly so many of them. In color the tendency is toward olive, more or less uniform; the brown blotches being almost obsolete in cases. Belly whitish to yellowish, with few or no puncticulations. Individuals vary from light olive with white belly to dark olive-brown with yellowjsh ventrals. The Martinique serpent is brown rather than olive; the brown blotches are more distinct, and the puncticulations on dorsals and outer portions of ventrals are abundant; the bellies are yellow. Individuals vary from yellow to black. |
| Comment | Venomous! Has been considered as a synonym of B. atrox (Gosner 1987). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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