Bothrops

Bothrops asper

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species (48): B. alcatraz – B. alternatus – B. ammodytoides – B. asper – B. atrox – B. ayerbei – B. barnetti – B. bilineatus – B. brazili – B. caribbaeus – B. chloromelas – B. cotiara – B. diporus – B. erythromelas – B. fonsecai – B. germanoi – B. insularis – B. itapetiningae – B. jabrensis – B. jararaca – B. jararacussu – B. jonathani – B. lanceolatus – B. leucurus – B. lutzi – B. marajoensis – B. marmoratus – B. mattogrossensis – B. medusa – B. monsignifer – B. moojeni – B. muriciensis – B. neuwiedi – B. oligobalius – B. oligolepis – B. osbornei – B. otavioi – B. pauloensis – B. pictus – B. pirajai – B. pubescens – B. pulcher – B. punctatus – B. sanctaecrucis – B. sazimai – B. sonene – B. taeniatus – B. venezuelensis

Name

Bothrops Wagler, 1824

Synonym: Bothriopsis Peters, 1861

References

Primary references

Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l’intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix,...décrite d’après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler. Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni: Munich. vii + 75 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Silva da, V.X. & M.T. Rodrigues, 2008. Taxonomic revision of the Bothrops neuwiedi complex (Serpentes, Viperidae) with description of a new species. Phyllomedusa 7(1): 45–90. Full article: .
Carrasco, P.A., Mattoni, C.I., Leynaud, G.C. & Scrocchi, G.J. 2012. Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of South American bothropoid pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 41(2): 109–124. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00511.x.Reference page.
Machado, T., Silva, V.X. & Silva, M.J. de J. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships within Bothrops neuwiedi group (Serpentes, Squamata): Geographically highly-structured lineages, evidence of introgressive hybridization and Neogene/Quaternary diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 1–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.10.003 Reference page.
Barbo, F.E., Gasparini, J.L., Almeida, A.P., Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Gusmão, R.B., Ferrarini, J.M.G. & Sawaya, R.J. 2016. Another new and threatened species of lancehead genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Ilha dos Franceses, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4097(4): 511–529. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.4 Reference page.
Barbo, F.E., Gasparini, J.L., Almeida, A.P., Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Gusmão, R.B., Ferrarini, J.M.G. & Sawaya, R.J. 2016. ERRATUM. Fausto E. Barbo, João Luiz Gasparini, Antonio P. Almeida, Hussam Zaher, Felipe G. Grazziotin, Rodrigo B. Gusmão, José Mário G. Ferrarini & Ricardo J. Sawaya (2016) Another new and threatened species of lancehead genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Ilha dos Franceses, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4097 (4): 511–529. Zootaxa 4105(5): 500–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.7 Reference page.
Carrasco, P.A., Grazziotin, F.G., Santa Cruz-Farfán, R., Koch, C., Ochoa, J.A., Scrocchi, G.J., Leynaud, G.C. & Chaparro, J.C. 2019. A new species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Pampas del Heath, southeastern Peru, with comments on the systematics of the Bothrops neuwiedi species group. Zootaxa 4565(3): 301–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.1 Reference page.
Timms, J., Chaparro, J.C., Venegas, P.J., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Scrocchi, G., Cuevas, J., Leynaud, G. & Carrasco, P.A. 2019. A new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America. Zootaxa 4656(1): 99–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.4 Reference page.
Hamdan, B., Guedes, T.B., Carrasco, P.A. & Melville, J. 2020. A complex biogeographic history of diversification in Neotropical lancehead pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 49: 145–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00511.x Reference page.
Dal Vechio, F., Prates, I., Grazziotin, F.G., Graboski, R. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2021. Molecular and phenotypic data reveal a new Amazonian species of pit vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops). Journal of Natural History 54(37–38): 2415–2437. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1845835 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Bothrops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 April 2025.

Vernacular names

English: Lanceheads
português do Brasil: Jararacas

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