Bothrops atrox

Bothrops atrox
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.