Bothrops moojeni
| Bothrops moojeni | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Bothrops |
| Species: | B. moojeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966[1] | |
Bothrops moojeni, commonly known in English as the Brazilian lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] It is a pit viper endemic to South America.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, moojeni, is in honor of Brazilian zoologist João Moojen de Oliveira (1904-1985).[3]
Geographic range
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
The type locality is Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.[4]
Habitat
This species inhabits Araucaria moist forests and the Cerrado.[5]
Common names
In South America its common names include caiçaca, caissaca, caiçara, jacuruçu, and jararação.
References
- 1 2 "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 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).
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops moojeni, p. 182).
- ↑ "Bothrops moojeni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ Borges RC, Araujo AFB. 1998. "Seleção de habitat em duas espécies de jararaca (Bothrops moojeni Hoge e B. neuwiedi Wagler) (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia 58 (4): 591-601.
Further reading
- Hoge AR. 1966. "Preliminary account on Neotropical Crotalinae (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 32 [1965]: 109-184. (Bothrops moojeni, new species).
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