Bothrocophias colombianus

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: Bothrocophias colombianus

Name

Bothrocophias colombianus (Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940)

• Holotype: NHR 3114, collected by K. von Sneidern between 1938–1940.
• Type locality: “Colombia, Cauca, La Costa, the pacific coastal slopes of the Western Cordilleras…at the same

meridian as El Tambo and at an altitude of about 800 m”.

Combinations

• Bothrops microphthalmus colombianus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940: 15 [original combination]
• Bothrops colombianus — Campbell & Lamar, 1992 [subsequent combination]
• Porthidium colombianum — Golay et al., 1993: 84 [subsequent combination]
• Bothrocophias colombianus — Campbell & Lamar, 2004 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rendahl, H. & Vestergren, G. 1940. Notes on Colombian snakes. Arkiv för Zoologi 33A(1): 1–16. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carrasco, P.A., Mattoni, C.I., Leynaud, G.C. & Scrocchi, G.J. 2012. Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of South American bothropoid pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 41(2): 109–124. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00511.x.Reference page. 
• Hamdan, B., Guedes, T.B., Carrasco, P.A. & Melville, J. 2020. A complex biogeographic history of diversification in Neotropical lancehead pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 49: 145–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00511.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bothrocophias colombianus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 November 2022.
• Renjifo, J. & Daza, J. 2019. IUCN: Bothrocophias colombianus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T15204002A15204010. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15204002A15204010.en. Accessed on 08 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Colombian toadheaded pitviper
português: Jararaca-colombiana