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Bothriechis nigroadspersus
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Central Ameri- can Eyelash-Pitviper

Bothriechis nigroadspersus (Steindachner, 1870)

Also calledBocaracá · Zentralamerikanische Lanzenotter (deu) · oropel (yellow morph) · toboba de pestañas · víbora de pestañas

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
Mexico (from the isthmus of Tehuantepec south), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia (Caldas, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia)
Also published as
Bothrops (Teleuraspis) nigroadspersus Steindachner, 1870; Bothrops schlegeli Taylor, 1951; Lachesis schlegelii Boulenger, 1896
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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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Every page naming Bothriechis nigroadspersus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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References

  • Jan, G. (1863). Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l’Iconografia Generale. Milano, A. Lombardi. Vii + 143 Pp.
  • Sunyer, & Javier. (2014). An updated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (2): 186–202.
  • Garcia, E. (1896). Los Ofidios Venenosos del Cauca. Métodos empíricos y racionales empleados contra los accidentes producidos por la mordedura de esos reptiles. Cali: Librería Colombiana, Xv + 102 Pp.
  • Arteaga AF, & Bustamante-Enríquez LM and Guayasamin JM. (2013). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. http://www.tropicalherping.com.
  • Kuch, U., & Freire, A. (1995). Bemerkungen zur geographischen Verbreitung und Variabilität Schlegels Palmen-Lanzenotter, Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846), in Ecuador (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Herpetozoa 8 (1/2): 49-58.
  • Solorzano, A., Gomez, L. D., & Crother, B. I. (1998). Redescription and validation of Bothriechis supraciliaris (Serpentes: Viperidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 46 (2): 453-.

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