Shah’s Eyelash-Pitviper
Bothriechis rasikusumorum Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024
Also calledCulebra de tiro · Shahs Lanzenotter (deu)
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 (upper watershed of the Río Magdalena in Huila department, eastern slope of Cordillera Central, Cordillera Oriental, elevations 1,298–2,180 m)
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
- Zambrano, D., Aramendiz-Macías, L., & Ramírez-Lugo, Ó. (2025). ¿MENÚ DEL DOSÉL O DEL SUELO? PRIMER REGISTRO DE LA DIETA DE Bothriechis rasikusumorum Y REVISIÓN DE LA LITERATURA SOBRE LA DIETA DEL COMPLEJO Bothriechis schlegelii. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología, 8(3): E1015 (15–23).
- 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.