Bothrops fonsecai

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: Bothrops
Species: Bothrops fonsecai
Name

Bothrops fonsecai Hoge & Belluomini, 1959
Vernacular names
English: Fonseca's lancehead
português: Jararaca-de-Fonseca

Bothrops fonsecai, or Fonseca's lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, fonsecai, is in honor of Dr. Flavio da Fonseca, who was head of the laboratory of parasitology at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil.[1][4]
Geographic range

B. fonsecai is found in Brazil in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.[1]
References

"Bothrops fonsecai ". 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. Washington, District of Columbia. 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.

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops fonsecai, p. 91).