Bothriopsis peruviana
| Bothriopsis peruviana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Bothriopsis |
| Species: | B. peruviana
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothriopsis peruviana (Boulenger, 1903)
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| Synonyms | |
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- Common names: (none).
Bothriopsis peruviana is a venomous pit viper species found in Peru. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
Geographic range
Found in southeastern Peru. The type locality given is "La Oroya, Carabaya, southeastern Peru."[1]
Taxonomy
Campbell & Lamar (2004) includes this name in the synonymy of B. oligolepis.[3]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Bothriopsis peruviana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
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