Bothrops fonsecai

Bothrops fonsecai, also known commonly as Fonseca's lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[3] The species is endemic to Brazil.[4]

Bothrops fonsecai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. fonsecai
Binomial name
Bothrops fonsecai
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhinocerophis fonsecai
    — Fenwick et al., 2009

Etymology

The specific name, fonsecai, is in honor of Dr. Flavio da Fonseca, who was head of the laboratory of parasitology at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil.[2][5]

Geographic range

B. fonsecai is found in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. fonsecai is forest, at altitudes up to 1,700 m (5,600 ft).[1]

Description

Adults of B. fonsecai have a total length (including tail) of about 1 m (39 in).[1]

Behavior

B. fonsecai is terrestrial.[1]

Diet

B. fonsecai preys upon small mammals.[1]

Reproduction

B. fonsecai is ovoviviparous.[2] Litter size is 14 or less.[1]

References
  1. Silveira AL, Prudente ALC, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira CC, Barbo FE, Costa GC, Pontes GMF, Colli GR, Zaher HD, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Passos PGH, Bérnils RS, Sawaya RJ, Cechin CTZ (2021). "Bothrops fonsecai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T15203927A123738694.en. Accessed on 04 April 2023.
  2. Species Bothrops fonsecai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops fonsecai, p. 91).

Further reading
  • Fenwick AM, Gutberlet RL Jr, Evans JA, Parkinson CL (2009). "Morphological and molecular evidence for phylogeny and classification of South American pitvipers, genera Bothrops, Bothriopsis, and Bothrocophias (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3): 617–640. (Rhinocerophis fonsecai, new combination).
  • Hoge RA, Belluomini HE (1959). "Uma nova espécie de Bothrops do Brasil (Serpentes) ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 28: 195–206. (Bothrops fonsecai, new species). (in Portuguese).
  • Menezes FA, Furtado SG, Feio RN, Almeida-Santos SM (2019). "Bothrops fonsecai (Fonseca's Lancehead). Reproduction". Herpetological Review 50 (3): 586–587.



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