Bothrocophias myrringae

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 myrringae

Name

Bothrocophias myrringae Angarita-Sierra, Cubides-Cubillos & Hurtado-Gómez, 2022: 984

• Holotype: INSZ 0268, adult ♂, collected by local people and brought to Francisco Javier Ruiz, staff of the INS, on 29 August 2020.
• Type locality: “vereda Mundo Nuevo, municipality of La Calera, department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, coordinates: N 4.660602778, W –73.88491667; elevation 2,761 m. a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• 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.