Bothrops leucurus
Bothrops leucurus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Bothrops |
Species: | B. leucurus
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Binomial name | |
Bothrops leucurus Wagler, 1824
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Synonyms | |
Bothrops leucurus, commonly known as the whitetail lancehead or the Bahia lancehead,[3] is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[1] There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, leucurus, meaning "whitetail", is from the Latin words leucus (white) and urus (tail).[5]
The specific name, pradoi, of the junior synonym Trimeresurus pradoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Alcides Prado.[6]
Geographic range
Bothrops leucurus is found in eastern Brazil along the Atlantic coast from northern Espírito Santo north to Alagoas and Ceará. It occurs more inland in several parts of Bahia. The identity of disjunct populations west of the Rio São Francisco is uncertain. The type locality is listed as "provinciae Bahiae".[1]
Reproduction
Bothrops leucurus is viviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 978-1-893777-00-2 (series). ISBN 978-1-893777-01-9 (volume).
- ^ a b "Bothrops leucurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ List of Bothrops Complex by scientific name Archived November 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at Jadin Expeditions. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- ^ "Bothrops leucurus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- ^ Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). ("English equivalents of Latin names", p. 3).
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops pradoi, p. 210).
Further reading
- Fenwick AM, Gutberlet RL Jr, Evans JA, Parkinson CL (2009). "Morphological and molecular evidence for phylogeny and classification of South American pitvipers, genera Bothrops, Bothriopsis, and Bothrocophias (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3): 617–640.
- Hoge AR (1948). "Notas erpétologicas. 3. Uma nova espécie de Trimeresurus". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 20: 193–202. (Trimeresurus pradoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
- Wagler J (1824). In: Spix J (1824). Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens ... Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. viii + 75 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Bothrops Magaera, new species, p. 50 + Plate XIX). (Bothrops leucurus, new species, p. 57 + Plate XXII, Figure 2). (in French and Latin).
External links
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- Bothrops leucurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2007.