Bothriopsis

Taxobox
name = "Bothriopsis"

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image_caption = Speckled forest-pitviper, "B. taeniata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = "Crotalinae"
genus = "Bothriopsis"
genus_authority = Peters, 1861
synonyms = * "Bothriopsis" - Peters, 1861McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: forest-pitvipers.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.] ""Bothriopsis" is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in eastern Panama and most of northern South America. The name is derived from the Greek words "bothros" for "pit", and "-opsis" for "face" or "appearance"; obviously an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs. Seven species are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634412|taxon=Bothriopsis|year=2008|date=18 April]

Description

Members of this genus vary in size from small to as much as 150 cm in length. All have a prehensile tail and cryptic color patterns that are typically arboreal adaptations. These color patterns may include a lot of green, and may or may not include pale or dark markings.

Geographic range

Found in eastern Panama and most of northern South America, including the Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador, the Andes Mountains from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia, the Amazon Basin and the Atlantic forests of Brazil.

pecies

"*) Not including the nominate subspecies."
^T) Type species.

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

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