A NEW SPECIES OF MONTANE PITVIPER (SERPENTES, VIPERIDAE, BOTHROPS) FROM COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA

Authors
HARVEY MB
Citation
Mb. Harvey, A NEW SPECIES OF MONTANE PITVIPER (SERPENTES, VIPERIDAE, BOTHROPS) FROM COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107(1), 1994, pp. 60-66
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
107
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
60 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1994)107:1<60:ANSOMP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Bothrops jonathani is a new species described from the Bolivian altipl ano and adjacent xeric mountain sides, an area previously unknown to b e inhabited by any species of pitviper. The new taxon is distantly all opatric from its most phenotypically similar congener B. alternatus. T he new species is distinguished from other Bothrops by higher scale co unts, relatively short hemipenial spines, a unique color pattern, and distinct prelacunal and second supralabial.