Bothrops monsignifer

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 monsignifer

Name

Bothrops monsignifer Timms, Chaparro, Venegas, Salazar-Valenzuela, Scrocchi, Cuevas, Leynaud & Carrasco, 2019: 102

• Holotype: MNK 5556, adult ♀, collected by local people on 11 March 2017.
• Type locality: “13 km southwest to Refugio Los Volcanes (18°11'51.10"S, 63°40'5.95"W; 1658 m above sea level, asl), Cuevas Ecological Center, province of Florida, department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia”.

References

Primary references

• Timms, J., Chaparro, J.C., Venegas, P.J., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Scrocchi, G., Cuevas, J., Leynaud, G. & Carrasco, P.A. 2019. A new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America. Zootaxa 4656(1): 99–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bothrops monsignifer. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 February 2023.