- Bothrops campbelli
Taxobox
name = "Bothrops campbelli"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
subphylum =Vertebrata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Viperidae
subfamilia =Crotalinae
genus = "Bothrops "
species = "B. campbelli"
binomial = "Bothrops campbelli"
binomial_authority = Freire-Lascano, 1991
synonyms = * "Bothrops campbelli" - Freire-Lascano, 1991
* "Porthidium almawebi" - Schätti & Kramer, 1993McDiarmid 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: Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper.Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.] ""Bothrops campbelli" is a venomous pitviper
species found inSouth America . It was named in honor of Jonathan A. Campbell. Nosubspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634857|taxon="Bothrops campbelli"|year=2008|date=27 August]Description
The sizes of the specimens available range from the
type specimen , an 87.0 cm adult male (Freire-Lascano, 1991), to 105.7 for a large gravid female (Freire-Lascano and Kuch, 2000), to 121.9 for a specimen from Imbabura,Ecuador , and another of 123.0 cm from the type locality.The scalation includes 21-25 (usually 23) rows of
dorsal scales at midbody, all of which are keeled except for the first rows. The posterior dorsals have tubercular keels, even in small specimens, while in large specimens these keels are highly elevated. There are 152-167/159-177ventral scales in males/females and 51-64/48-60 pairedsubcaudal scales in males/females. On the head there are 3-8intersupraocular scales , 7-8supralabial scales , the second of which is usually fused with theprelacunal to form alacunolabial , and 9-10 (usually 9)sublabial scales .Geographic range
Found in the Pacific lowlands and slopes from west-central
Colombia toEcuador . The type locality given is "Recinto Huagal-Sacramento, cantón Pallatanga, Provincia de Chimborazo, Ecuador. 1500-2000 mts. de altura."Taxonomy
In previous accounts, this species has often been described as "
Bothrops pulcher ", e.g. "Lachesis pulcher" (Boulenger, 1896), "Bothrops pulchra" (Amaral, 1923) and "Bothrops pulcher" (Peters and Orejas-Miranda, 1970). Campbell and Lamar (1992) considered "Bothrops campbelli" to be a junior synonym of "Bothrops pulcher", but their concept of latter taxon was incorrect. Schätti and Kramer (1993) argued that "Bothrops campbelli" (Freire-Lascano, 1991) was a "nomen invalidum" and suggested a new name, "Porthidium almawebi", as a replacement. However, it is clear that Freire-Lascano's (1991) name is valid and has priority over the one proposed by Schätti and Kramer (1993).Gutberlet and Campbell (2001) moved this taxon to a new genus: "Bothrocophias" (toadheaded pitvipers).
ee also
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List of crotaline species and subspecies
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