Lachesis muta

Lachesis muta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Lachesis
Species:
L. muta
Binomial name
Lachesis muta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms[2]
  • [Crotalus] mutus
    Linnaeus, 1766
  • [Coluber] crotalinus
    Gmelin, 1788
  • Scytale catenatus
    Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
  • Scytale ammodytes
    Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
  • Coluber Alecto
    Shaw, 1802
  • Lachesis mutus
    — Daudin, 1803
  • Lachesis ater
    Daudin, 1803
  • Trigonocephalus ammodytes
    — Oppel, 1811
  • [Cophias] crotalinus
    — Merrem, 1820
  • Trigonoceph[alus]. crotalinus
    — Schinz, 1822
  • Lachesis muta
    — Schinz, 1822
  • Lachesis atra
    — Schinz, 1822
  • Scytale catenata
    — Schinz, 1822
  • Bothrops Surucucu
    Wagler, 1824
  • C[rasedocephalus]. crotalinus
    — Gray, 1825
  • Lachesis mutus
    — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Lachesis mutus
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis muta
    — Boettger, 1898
  • Lachesis muta muta
    — Taylor, 1951

Lachesis muta, also known as the Southern American bushmaster or Atlantic bushmaster,[3] is a venomous pit viper species found in South America, as well as the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]

  1. ^ Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Caicedo, J.R., Ouboter, P., Hoogmoed, M.S. & Murphy, J. 2021. Lachesis muta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T62254A44946798. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T62254A44946798.en. Accessed on 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ Lang, Kirsty (6 October 2013). "Trying to save the heat-seeking Atlantic bushmaster". BBC News. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Lachesis muta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 October 2006.