Bothrops ammodytoides

Taxobox
name = "Bothrops ammodytoides"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Bothrops"
species = "B. ammodytoides"
binomial = "Bothrops ammodytoides"
binomial_authority = Leybold, 1873
synonyms = * "Bothrops ammodytoides" - Leybold, 1873
* "Rhinocerophis nasus" - Garman, 1881
* "Bothrops nasus" - Berg, 1884
* "Bothrops patagonicus" - Müller, 1885
* "Bothrops Burmeisteri" - Koslowski, 1895
* "Lachesis ammodytoides" - Boulenger, 1896
* "Bothrops ammodytoides" - Amaral, 1930McDiarmid 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: Patagonian 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.] yararanata, [http://www.serpenti.it/nomirettili.htm Nomi Rettili Italiano - Inglese] at [http://www.serpenti.it/ serpenti.it] . Accessed 7 November 2006.] Patagonian 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 ammodytoides" is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Argentina. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634852|taxon=Bothrops ammodytoides|year=2006|date=7 November]

Description

This species has a stocky build and grows to an average length of 45-75 cm, but is capable reaching almost 1 m in total. The rostral scale is elongated vertically and the snout is upturned, similar to the hognosed pitvipers of the genus "Porthidium".

Geographic range

Found only in Argentina in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Chubut, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz and Tucumán. The vertical distribution ranges from sea level to at least 2,000 m altitude. The type locality was first listed as "northern Argentina" and later emended to "province of Mendoza" Campbell and Lamar (1989).

Habitat

Prefers dry regions, occurring in temperate to subtropical savannas and steppes. Found mostly in sandy, rocky areas, including coastal dunes, steep riverbanks and salt flats. Around the upper limits of its altitude range it can occasionally be found in broad-leaf evergreen forest.

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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