Bothriechis marchi

Bothriechis marchi
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bothriechis
Species:	B. marchi
Binomial name
	Bothriechis marchi; (Barbour & Loveridge, 1929)
Synonyms
	Bothrops nigroviridis marchi; Barbour & Loveridge, 1929; Trimeresurus nigroviridis marchi; — Clark & Inger, 1942; Bothrops nigroviridis marchii; — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970; Bothriechis nigroviridis marchi; — Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983; [Bothrops nigroviridis] marchi; — Wilson & J. Meyer, 1982; Bothriechis aurifer marchi; — Burger, 1985; Bothriechis marchi; — Campbell & Lamar, 1989;

Last updated May 23, 2025

Bothriechis marchi, also known commonly as the Honduran palm pit viper and March's palm pit viper, is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake, in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Central America.^[1]^[3]^[4] There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, marchi, is in honor of herpetologist Douglas H. March, who died from the bite of a fer-de-lance in 1939.^[5]

Description

Adults of Bothriechis marchi often grow to more than 80 centimetres (31 in) in total length (tail included). The largest specimen on record was 96.8 centimetres (38.1 in). March's palm pit viper is green and relatively slender with a prehensile tail.^[4]

Geographic range

Bothriechis marchi is found on the Atlantic versant of northwestern Honduras.^[1]^[3] Its range might extend into eastern Guatemala. Records from Nicaragua are probably in error.^[1] It occurs in mesic forest at elevations of 500–1,500 metres (1,600–4,900 ft) altitude. The type locality given is "the Gold Mines at Quimistan [probably El Oro, Municipio de Quimistán, in the Sierra de Espíritu Santo to the northwest of the town of Quimistán], [Departamento de] Santa Barbara, Honduras Republic".^[2]

Reproduction

Bothriechis marchi is viviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H. (2022) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Bothriechis marchi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T203659A217781951. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T203659A217781951.en . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
1 2 3 4 Bothriechis marchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2023.
1 2 Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothriechis marchi, p. 168).

Barbour T, Loveridge A (1929). "On some Hondurian and Guatemalan snakes with the description of a new arboreal pit viper of the genus Bothrops ". Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America3: 1–3. (Bothrops nigroviridis marchi, new subspecies).
Solis, Jose Mario; Brown, Tom (2016). "Feeding observation on Bothriechis marchi in Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras". Herpetological Bulletin (135): 28–29.
Taggart, T.W.; Crother, B.I.; White, M.E. (2001). "Palm-pitviper (Bothriechis) phylogeny, mtDNA, and consilience". Cladistics. 17: 355–370.
Wilson, L.D.; McCranie, J.R. (1992). "Bothriechis marchi ". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 544: 1–2.

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H. (2022) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Bothriechis marchi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T203659A217781951. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T203659A217781951.en . Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[McD99-2] 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[RDB-3] 1 2 3 4 Bothriechis marchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2023.

[C&L04-4] 1 2 Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp., 1,500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.

[5] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothriechis marchi, p. 168).

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