Bothrops alternatus

Bothrops alternatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. alternatus
Binomial name
Bothrops alternatus
Synonyms
  • Craspedocephalus Brasiliensis (non Lacépède) Gray, 1849
  • Bothrops alternatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Trigonocephalus alternatus
    – Jan, 1859
  • Lachesis alternatus
    – Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis alternata – Boettger, 1898
  • Lachesis inaequalis Magalhaes, 1925
  • Bothrops alternata – Amaral, 1925
  • Lachesis (Bothrops) alternata
    – Gliesch, 1931
  • Trimeresurus alternatus
    – Pope, 1944
  • Bothrops alternatus
    – J.A. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970[1]
  • Rhinocerophis alternatus
    – Fenwick et al., 2009[2]
Common names: yarará grande,[3] urutu,[3] wutu,[4] crossed pit viper.[5]

Bothrops alternatus is a highly venomous pit viper species found in South America (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina).[1] Within its range, it is an important cause of snakebite. The specific name, alternatus, which is Latin for "alternating", is apparently a reference to the staggered markings along the body.[3] No subspecies are currently recognized.[6]

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b c Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  4. ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
  5. ^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
  6. ^ "Bothrops alternatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 November 2006.