- Bothrops barnetti
Taxobox
name = "Bothrops barnetti"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Viperidae
subfamilia =Crotalinae
genus = "Bothrops "
species = "B. barnetti"
binomial = "Bothrops barnetti"
binomial_authority = Parker, 1938
synonyms = * "Bothrops barnetti" - Parker, 1938
* "Trimeresurus barnetti" - Schmidt & Walker, 1943
* "Bothrops barnetti" - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970McDiarmid 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: Barnett's lancehead,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.] Barnett's pit viper.Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.] ""Bothrops barnetti" is a venomous pitviper
species endemic toPeru . No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634855|taxon=Bothrops barnetti|year=2006|date=5 November]Description
Average specimens grows to a length of 170 cm and weigh about 5 kg, with a maximum of 270 cm and approximately 16 kg. Skins have been seen of up to 3 meters but this size might be a product of the stretching that suffers the skin of snake on having been dried to the sun.
It has a triangular head, a quite robust and firm body, with a short and thick tail. The coloration is brown or gray with a few designs in the shape of oblong brown or dark gray rings.
Common names
English common names for this species are "Barnett's lancehead", and "Barnett's pit viper". In
Peru it is referred to as "cascabel", "false cascabel", "macanch", "sancarranca" and "zancarranca".Geographic range
Found along the Pacific coast of northern
Peru . It occurs at low elevations in arid, tropical scrub. The type locality given is "from the mouths of Quebradas Honda and Perines, between Lobitos and Talara, northern Peru.ee also
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List of crotaline species and subspecies
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