Bothrops atrox

Bothrops atrox
Bothrops atrox. Note the sensory pit, the pupil of the eye, and the keeled scales. This colour variant was photographed in Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. atrox
Binomial name
Bothrops atrox
Synonyms
  • Coluber atrox Linnaeus, 1758
  • [Coluber] ambiguus Gmelin, 1788
  • Vipera Weigeli Daudin, 1803
  • Cophias holocericeus
    Wied-Neuwied, 1821
  • Trigonoceph[alus]. atrox
    – Schinz, 1822
  • Vipera atrox Weigelii – Schinz, 1822
  • Trigonoceph[alus]. holocericeus
    – Schinz, 1822
  • Bothrops furia Wagler, 1824
  • Bothrops tessellatus Wagler, 1824
  • Craspedocephalus atrox
    – Fitzinger, 1826
  • Craspedocephalus Weigelii
    – Fitzinger, 1826
  • [Bothrops] atrox – Wagler, 1830
  • [Bothrops] ambiguus – Wagler, 1830
  • T[rigonocephalus]. atrox
    – Schlegel, 1837
  • Trigonocephalus Colombiensis Hallowell, 1845
  • Bothrops affinis Gray, 1849
  • Bothrops atrox var. tessellatus
    – Jan & Sordelli, 1875
  • Lachesis atrox – Boulenger, 1896
  • Botrhops atrox – Recinos, 1913
  • B[othrops]. Neuvoiedii Venezuelenzi Briceño Rossi, 1934
  • Trimeresurus atrox
    – Schmidt & Walker, 1943
  • Bothrops atrox atrox – Hoge, 1952
  • Bothrops colombiensis – Hoge, 1966
  • Bothrops atrox colombiensis
    – Gubensk, Turk & Drujan, 1978
  • Bothrops isabelae
    Sandner-Montilla, 1979
  • Bothrops lanceolatus aidae
    Sandner-Montilla, 1981
  • B[othrops]. atrox aidae
    – Vanzolini, 1986
  • Bothrops lanceolatus nacaritae Sandner-Montilla, 1990[2]

Bothrops atrox — also known as the common lancehead, fer-de-lance, barba amarilla[3] and mapepire balsain — is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the tropical lowlands of northern South America east of the Andes, as well as the Caribbean island of Trinidad.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

  1. ^ Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Caicedo, J.R., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2021. Bothrops atrox. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44582135A44582154. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44582135A44582154.en. Accessed on 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ 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. ^ "Bothrops atrox". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 November 2006.