Bothrops jonathani
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| Bothrops jonathani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Bothrops |
| Species: | B. jonathani
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothrops jonathani Harvey, 1994
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Bothrops jonathani, known commonly as Jonathan's lancehead or the Cochabamba lancehead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae.[2] The species is endemic to South America.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, jonathani, is in honor of American herpetologist Jonathan A. Campbell.[1][4]
Geographic range
B. jonathani is found in Cochabamba Department of southern Bolivia and in adjacent northwestern Argentina.[1]
Habitat
B. jonathani inhabits xeric areas of the Andes at altitudes of 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and higher.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Bothrops jonathani ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops jonathani, pp. 46, 136).
- ^ Carrasco PA, Harvey MB, Muñoz Saravia A (2009). "The rare Andean pitviper Rhinocerophis jonathani (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae): redescription with comments on its systematics and biogeography". Zootaxa 2283: 1-15.
Further reading
- Harvey, Michael B. (1994). "A new species of montane pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) from Cochabamba, Bolivia". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 107 (1): 60–66. (Bothrops jonathani, new species).
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