Bothrocophias colombianus

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Bothrocophias colombianus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrocophias
Species:
B. colombianus
Binomial name
Bothrocophias colombianus
Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940
Synonyms
  • Bothrops microphthalmus colombianus
    Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940
  • Trimeresurus microphthalmus
    Schmidt & Walker, 1943
  • Porthidium colombianum
    Golay, et al., 1993
  • Bothrops colombianus
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Bothrocophias colombianus
    Campbell & Lamar, 2004 [1]

Bothrocophias colombianus, commonly known as the Colombian toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. [2] It is endemic to South America. [3]

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Geographic range

It is found in western Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Cauca. [1]

Description

In coloration and pattern Bothrocophias colombianus closely resembles its North American "cousin" Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen , commonly known as the northern copperhead. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 3 November 2006.

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