Rahim’s Eye- lash-Pitviper
Bothriechis rahimi Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024
Also calledRahims Lanzenotter (deu) · Víbora de pestañas de Rahim (spa)
Bothriechis rahimi is a species of pit viper described in 2024. It is known from the Chocó biome of southwestern Colombia and extreme northwestern Ecuador.
Bothriechis rahimi is an arboreal snake occurring in evergreen lowland forests, usually not far from the coast. It can grow to a total length of 336 mm (13.2 in) in males and 494 mm (19.4 in) in females.
- Recorded from
- Ecuador, SW Colombia
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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.
- Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.
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