Bothriechis nitidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriechis
Species: Bothriechis nitidus

Name

Bothriechis nitidus (Günther, 1859)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.73.
• Type locality: “Western Andes of Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Lachesis nitidus Günther, 1859: 414 [original combination]
• Teleuraspis nitida — Cope, 1871: 206 [subsequent combination]
• Bothriechis nigroadspersus — Arteaga et al., 2024: 19 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. [1858] 1859. Second list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859: 402–422.
• Arteaga, A., Pyron, R.A., Batista, A., Vieira, J., Meneses-Pelayo, E., Smith, E.N., Barrio Amorós, C.L., Koch, C., Agne, S., Valencia, J.H., Bustamante, L. & Harris, K.J. 2024. Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three. Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15–64. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.114527 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Ecuadorian Eyelash-Pitviper