Bothrops jonathani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. jonathani
Binomial name
Bothrops jonathani
Harvey, 1994
Synonyms[1]
  • Bothrops jonathani
    Harvey, 1994
  • Rhinocerophis jonathani
    — Fenwick et al., 2009
  • Bothrops jonathani
    — Carrasco et al., 2012

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Bothrops jonathani ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ 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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