Ophryacus sphenophrys (SMITH, 1960)

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Broad-horned Pitviper
Synonym	Bothrops sphenophrys SMITH 1960 Ophryacus sphenophrys — GRÜNWALD et al. 2015
Distribution	Mexico (Oaxaca) Type locality: Mexico: El Soledad, Oaxaca.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 6262, W.L. Burger; July 22, 1949
Diagnosis
Comment	Venomous! Habitat: forests
Etymology	Etymology (genus): The generic name is derived from the Greek ophrys, meaning brow, and the Latin acus, meaning pointed, obviously in reference to the dis- tinctive supraocular spine-like scale.
References	Grünwald, Christoph I.; Jason M. Jones, Hector Franz-Chávez, and Iván T. Ahumada-Carrillo 2015. A new species of Ophryacus (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from eastern Mexico, with commentson the taxonomy of related pitvipers. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (4): 388 - get paper here Smith, H. M. 1960. New and noteworthy reptiles from Oaxaca, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 62: 265–271
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155826912006427&set=gm.161130761317614&type=3&theater Google images

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