Bothrocophias hyoprora

Bothrocophias hyoprora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrocophias
Species:
B. hyoprora
Binomial name
Bothrocophias hyoprora
Amaral, 1935
Synonyms
  • Porthidium hyoprora – Campbell & Lamar, 1989
  • Bothrocophias hyoprora – Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001[1]

Bothrocophias hyoprora, or the Amazonian toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] It is endemic to north-western South America.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (in the states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, and Rondônia), Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ "Bothrocophias". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.

Further reading

  • Amaral, A.P. 1935. Estudos sobre ophídios neotropicos XXXIII. Novas especies de ophídios da Colombia. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9 : 219-223 + 1 Plate.


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