Bothriechis

Bothriechis nigroviridis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriechis
Species (11): B. aurifer – B. bicolor – B. guifarroi – B. lateralis – B. marchi – B. nigroviridis – B. nubestris – B. rowleyi – B. schlegelii – B. supraciliaris – B. thalassinus

Type species: Bothriechis nigroviridis Peters, 1859, by monotypy.

Type species: Trigonocephalus schlegelii Berthold, 1846, by subsequent designation by Dunn & Dunn (1940: 75).

Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Catalogue of the venomous serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes on the families, genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 332–347. BHL Reference page.

Doan, T.M., Mason, A.J., Castoe, T.A., Sasa, M. & Parkinson, C.L. 2016. A cryptic palm-pitviper species (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Costa Rican highlands, with notes on the variation within B. nigroviridis. Zootaxa 4138(2): 271–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.2.3. Reference page.

Townsend, J.H. et al. 2013: A relict lineage and new species of green palm-pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Bothriechis) from the Chortís Highlands of Mesoamerica. ZooKeys 298: 77-106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.298.4834 Reference page.

Deutsch: Palmlanzenottern
English: Palm Vipers

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