Bothrops jonathani

Bothrops jonathani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bothrops
Species:	B. jonathani
Binomial name
	Bothrops jonathani; Harvey, 1994
Synonyms [1]
	Bothrops jonathani; Harvey, 1994; Rhinocerophis jonathani; — Fenwick et al., 2009; Bothrops jonathani; — Carrasco et al., 2012;

Last updated March 09, 2020

Bothrops jonathani, known commonly as Jonathan's lancehead or the Cochabamba lancehead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae.^[2] The species is endemic to South America.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, jonathani, is in honor of American herpetologist Jonathan A. Campbell.^[1]^[4]

Geographic range

B. jonathani is found in Cochabamba Department of southern Bolivia and in adjacent northwestern Argentina.^[1]

Habitat

B. jonathani inhabits xeric areas of the Andes at altitudes of 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and higher.^[5]

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References

1 2 3 "Bothrops jonathani ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
↑ 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 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
↑ "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 3 November 2006.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops jonathani, pp. 46, 136).
↑ Carrasco PA, Harvey MB, Muñoz Saravia A (2009). "The rare Andean pitviper Rhinocerophis jonathani (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae): redescription with comments on its systematics and biogeography". Zootaxa2283: 1-15.