Bothrops lanceolatus

Bothrops lanceolatus

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: Bothrops lanceolatus

Name

Bothrops lanceolatus (Bonnaterre, 1790)

  • Syntypes (n=2): specimens described and illustrated in Lacépède (1789: 121–131, pl. 5, fig. 1). [lost fide Guibé in Lazell (1964: 255)]
  • Type locality: “Martinique”.

Combinations

  • Coluber lanceolatus Bonnaterre, 1790: 10 [original combination]
  • Vipera lanceolata — Sonnini & Latreille, 1801-02 [subsequent combination]
  • Trigonocephalus lanceolatus — Oppel, 1811 [subsequent combination]
  • Cophias lanceolatus — Merrem, 1820 [subsequent combination]
  • Craspedocephalus lanceolatus — Fitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]
  • Bothrops lanceolatus — Wagler, 1830 [subsequent combination]
  • Lachesis lanceolatus — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

  • Coluber lanceolatus Lacépède, 1789: 121 [unavaliable name, Lacépède, 1789 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by Opinion 1463 (1987)]

Native distribution areas

  • Martinique.

References

Primary references

  • Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Bonnaterre, P.-J. 1790. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Ophiologie. Chez Panckoucke: Paris. xliv + 76 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1463. De Lacépède, 1788-1789, Histoire Naturelle des Serpens and later editions: rejected as a non-binominal work. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 265–267. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Martinique Lancehead
français: Fer-de-lance de la Martinique
português: Jararaca-da-Martinica
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