Bothrops jonathani HARVEY, 1994
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Jonathan's Lancehead |
Synonym | Bothrops jonathani HARVEY 1994 Bothrops jonathani — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 263 Rhinocerophis jonathani — FENWICK et al. 2009 Rhinocerophis jonathani — CARRASCO et al. 2009 Bothrops jonathani — CARRASCO et al. 2012 Rhinocerophis jonathani — WALLACH et al. 2014: 649 |
Distribution | Bolivia (Cochabamba), Argentina Type locality: “on Highway 4 approximately 35 km N (by road) of El Empalme, Provincia Carrasco, Departamento de Cochabamba, approximately 2800 m [elevation] (17° 45'S, 65°00'W) ... Bolivia." |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: MNK R (MNK R) 1000 (Museo Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis.—Bothrops jonathani is distinguished from all congeners and from species of Bothrocophias and Bothriopsis by the following combination of characters: (1) lacunolabial absent; (2) dorsal keels nontuberculate; (3) labials with distinctive pattern: white with tan or black edges; (4) canthorostrals absent; (5) all subcaudals divided; (6) ventrals 154–172 and subcaudals 37–42; (7) loreal subtriangular; (8) canthals narrow and separated by 4–6 scales; (9) internasals in contact; (10) postocular stripe 4.5 temporals high, brown edged in black; (11) dorsum pale brown with dark brown Xor V-shaped marks; venter heavily pigmented with charcoal blotches; (12) counts for dorsals (27–33), supralabials (9–12), infralabials (13–16), and interoculabials (4) unusually high for Bothrops (Harvey 2005: 18). |
Comment | Venomous! |
Etymology | "The specific epithet is a patronym for Jonathan A. Campbell in recognition of his considerable contributions to the biology of neotropical pitvipers." |
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