Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrocophias
Species: Bothrocophias colombianus
Name
Bothrocophias colombianus (Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940)
Original combination Bothrops microphthalmus colombianus
References
Carrasco, P.A., Mattoni, C.I., Leynaud, G.C. & Scrocchi, G.J. 2012. Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of South American bothropoid pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 41(2): 109–124. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00511.x.Reference page.
Hamdan, B., Guedes, T.B., Carrasco, P.A. & Melville, J. 2020. A complex biogeographic history of diversification in Neotropical lancehead pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 49: 145–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00511.x Paywall Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Colombian toadheaded pitviper
português: Jararaca-colombiana
Bothrocophias colombianus, commonly known as the Colombian toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] It is endemic to South America.[3]
Geographic range
It is found in western Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Cauca.[1]
Description
In coloration and pattern Bothrocophias colombianus closely resembles its North American "cousin" Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, commonly known as the northern copperhead.[1]
References
The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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).
"Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
Further reading
Rendahl, H., and G. Vestergren. Notes on Colombian Snakes. Arkiv för Zoologi 33 (5): 1-16. (Bothrops microphthalmus colombianus, p. 15.)
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