Bothrocophias

Bothrocophias hyoprora

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: Bothrocophias
Species (9): B. andianus – B. campbelli – B. colombianus – B. hyoprora – B. lojanus – B. microphthalmus – B. myrringae – B. myersi – B. tulitoi

Name

Bothrocophias Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001: 4

• Type species: Bothrops hyoprorus Amaral, 1935, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. & Campbell, J.A. 2001. Generic recognition for a neglected lineage of South American Pitvipers (Squamata: Crotalinae) with the description of a new species from the Colombian Chocó. American Museum Novitates 3316: 1–15. hdl: 2246/2932 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 Volumes. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, New York. 1032 pp. ISBN 9780801441417 Reference page. 
• Angarita-Sierra, T., Cubides-Cubillos, S.D. & Hurtado-Gómez, J.P. 2022. Hidden in the highs: Two new species of the enigmatic genus of toadheaded pitvipers of the genus Bothrocophias. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 971–996. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e87313 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bothrocophias . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2022.

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