Bothriechis

Bothriechis
Black-speckled palm-pitviper (Bothriechis nigroviridis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriechis
W. Peters, 1859
Species

11 species (see text)

Synonyms
  • Bothriechis W. Peters, 1859
  • Teleuraspis Cope, 1860
  • Thamnocenchris Salvin, 1860
  • Thanatos Posada Arango, 1889
  • Thanatophis Posada Arango, 1889[1]

Bothriechis is a genus of pit vipers, commonly called palm vipers[2] or palm-pit vipers[3] found predominantly in Mexico and Central America, although the most common species, B. schlegelii, ranges as far south as Colombia and Peru.[4] All members are relatively slender and arboreal. The name Bothriechis is derived from the Greek words bothros and echis that mean "pit" and "viper" respectively.[3] Ten species and no subspecies are currently generally recognized.[5][6]

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  2. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  3. ^ a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  4. ^ Lewis, Robert Alan (23 March 1998). Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology. CRC Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-56670-223-2.
  5. ^ "Taxonomic Information for Palm Pit Vipers (Bothriechis)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference townsend2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).