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Bothriechis khwargi
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Khwarg’s Eyelash-Pitviper.

Bothriechis khwargi Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024

Also calledKhwargs Lanzenotter (deu) · Víbora de pestañas de Khwarg (spa)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Colombia (Cordillera Oriental)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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References

  • Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.
  • Reyes-Velasco, J. (2024). A revision of recent taxonomic changes to the eyelash palm pitviper, Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae). Herpetozoa, 37: 305-318.
  • Arteaga A, Pyron RA, Batista A, Vieira J, Meneses Pelayo E, Smith EN, Barrio Amorós CL, Koch C, Agne S, Valencia JH, Bustamante L, & Harris KJ. (2024). Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three. Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15-64.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.