Bothriechis khwargi

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothriechis
Species: Bothriechis khwargi

Name

Bothriechis khwargi Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024: 39

• Holotype: UIS-R 4294, adult ♀, collected by Elson Meneses-Pelayo on 15 November 2017.
• Type locality: “Finca la Esperanza, vereda Sogamoso, municipio de Betulia, Santander department, Colombia (7.00600, -73.421608; 1195 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Arteaga, A., Pyron, R.A., Batista, A., Vieira, J., Meneses-Pelayo, E., Smith, E.N., Barrio Amorós, C.L., Koch, C., Agne, S., Valencia, J.H., Bustamante, L. & Harris, K.J. 2024. Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three. Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15–64. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.114527 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Khwarg’s Eyelash-Pitviper