Generic recognition for a neglected lineage of South American pitvipers (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species from the Colombian Chocó

Title Variants

Alternative: South American pit vipers

Alternative: South American pitvipers

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3316

By

Gutberlet, Ronald Louis, 1966-

Campbell, Jonathan A.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2001

Notes

Caption title.

"January 30, 2001."

The name Bothrops campbelli Freiere-Lascano (1991) is currently applied to two distinct species. We restrict use of the name campbelli to the species that occurs on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, and we describe the species that occurs in the Chocoan rainforest of western Colombia. Besides B. campbelli, the closest living relatives of the new species appear to be B. hyoprora and B. microphthalmus of the Atlantic slopes and lowlands of northern South America. Together these four species comprise a distinctive clade for which we propose the new generic name Bothrocophias.

Subjects

Bothrocophias , Bothrocophias myersi , Chocó , Classification , Colombia , Reptiles , Snakes , South America

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3316 2001

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)316<0001:GRFANL>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 46316530