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Bothrops  Wagler, 1824
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209554

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Bothriopsis Peters, 1861
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyViperidae Oppel, 1811 – Pit Vipers, Vipers  
                                     SubfamilyCrotalinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusBothrops Wagler, 1824  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Bothrops alcatraz Marques, Martins and Sazima, 2002 – Alcatrazes Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops alternatus A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854 – Urutu 
                                           Species Bothrops ammodytoides Leybold, 1873 – Yararanata 
                                           Species Bothrops asper (Garman, 1883) – Nauyaca-terciopelo real, Terciopelo, Terciopelo 
                                           Species Bothrops atrox (Linnaeus, 1758) – Fer-de-Lance, Common Lancehead, Barba Amarilla 
                                           Species Bothrops ayerbei Folleco-Fernandez, 2010 – Ayerbe's Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops barnetti Parker, 1938 – Barnett's Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops bilineatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) – Green Jararaca 
                                           Species Bothrops brazili Hoge, 1954 – Brazil's Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops caribbaeus (Garman, 1887) – Saint Lucia Viper 
                                           Species Bothrops chloromelas (Boulenger, 1912)  
                                           Species Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913)  
                                           Species Bothrops diporus Cope, 1862  
                                           Species Bothrops erythromelas Amaral, 1923 – Caatinga Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops fonsecai Hoge and Belluomini, 1959 – Fonseca's Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops insularis (Amaral, 1921) – Golden Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops itapetiningae (Boulenger, 1907) – Sao Paulo Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops jararaca (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)  
                                           Species Bothrops jararacussu Lacerda, 1884  
                                           Species Bothrops jonathani Harvey, 1994 – Jonathan's Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops lanceolatus (Bonnaterre, 1790) – Martinique Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops leucurus Wagler, 1824 – Whitetail Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops lojanus Parker, 1930 – Lojan Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops lutzi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)  
                                           Species Bothrops marajoensis Hoge, 1966 – Marajó Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops marmoratus da Silva and Rodrigues, 2008 – Marbled lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops matogrossensis Amaral, 1925  
                                           Species Bothrops medusa (Sternfeld, 1920) – Venezuela Forest Pit Viper 
                                           Species Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966 – Brazilian Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops muriciensis Ferrarezzi and Freire, 2001  
                                           Species Bothrops neuwiedi Wagler, 1824 – Jararaca Pintada 
                                           Species Bothrops oligolepis (Werner, 1901) – Inca Forest Pit Viper 
                                           Species Bothrops osbornei Freire-Lascano, 1991  
                                           Species Bothrops otavioi Barbo, Grazziotin, Sazima, Martins and Sawaya, 2012  
                                           Species Bothrops pauloensis Amaral, 1925  
                                           Species Bothrops pictus (Tschudi, 1845) – Desert Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops pirajai Amaral, 1923 – Piraja's Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops pubescens (Cope, 1870)  
                                           Species Bothrops pulchra (Peters, 1862)  
                                           Species Bothrops punctatus (Garcia, 1896) – Golden Lancehead, Chocoan Forest Pit Viper 
                                           Species Bothrops rhombeatus Garcia, 1896 – Cat Lancehead, Cauca Valley Yellow Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops sanctaecrucis Hoge, 1966 – Bolivian Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops sazimai Barbo, Gasparini, Almeida, Zaher, Grazziotin, Gusmão, Ferrarini and Sawaya, 2016 – Franceses Island-Lancehead 
                                           Species Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824 – Speckled Forest Pit Viper 
                                           Species Bothrops venezuelensis Sandner-Montilla, 1952  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Bothrops    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Bothrops   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bothrops   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bothrops   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bothrops   
       

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