Bothrops lanceolatus

Bothrops lanceolatus

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: Bothrops
Species: Bothrops lanceolatus

Name

Bothrops lanceolatus (Bonnaterre, 1790)

• Syntypes (n=2): specimens described and illustrated in Lacépède (1789: 121–131, pl. 5, fig. 1). [lost fide Guibé in Lazell (1964: 255)]
• Type locality: “Martinique”.

Combinations

• Coluber lanceolatus Bonnaterre, 1790: 10 [original combination]
• Vipera lanceolata — Sonnini & Latreille, 1801-02 [subsequent combination]
• Trigonocephalus lanceolatus — Oppel, 1811 [subsequent combination]
• Cophias lanceolatus — Merrem, 1820 [subsequent combination]
• Craspedocephalus lanceolatus — Fitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]
• Bothrops lanceolatus — Wagler, 1830 [subsequent combination]
• Lachesis lanceolatus — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber lanceolatus Lacépède, 1789: 121 [unavaliable name, Lacépède, 1789 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by Opinion 1463 (1987)]

Native distribution areas

• Martinique.

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Bonnaterre, P.-J. 1790. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Ophiologie. Chez Panckoucke: Paris. xliv + 76 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1463. De Lacépède, 1788-1789, Histoire Naturelle des Serpens and later editions: rejected as a non-binominal work. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 265–267. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bothrops lanceolatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 June 2023.
• Dewynter, M. 2019. IUCN: Bothrops lanceolatus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50957018A50957026. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T50957018A50957026.en. Accessed on 11 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Martinique Lancehead
français: Fer-de-lance de la Martinique
português: Jararaca-da-Martinica

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