Lachesis melanocephala

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

Holotype: MICP 301, adult ♂, collected by A. Solórzano & L. Cerdas on 31 May 1984.

Type locality: “9 km northern of Ciudad Neily in southeastern Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica”.

Lachesis muta melanocephala Solórzano & Cerdas, 1986: 463 [original combination, as subspecies]
Lachesis melanocephala — Zamudio & Greene, 1997: 436 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Solórzano, A. & Cerdas, L. 1986. A new subspecies of the bushmaster, Lachesis muta, from Southeastern Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology 20(3): 463–466. DOI: 10.2307/1564518 Reference page.
Zamudio, K.R. & Greene, H.W. 1997. Phylogeography of the bushmaster (Lachesis muta: Viperidae): implications for neotropical biogeography, systematics, and conservation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62(3): 421–442. DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0162 Reference page.

English: Black-headed Bushmaster