Bothrocophias tulitoi

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: Bothrocophias
Species: Bothrocophias tulitoi

Name

Bothrocophias tulitoi Angarita-Sierra, Cubides-Cubillos & Hurtado-Gómez, 2022: 977

• Holotype: INSZ 073, adult ♂, collected by staff of Corporación Autónoma Regional de Chivor (CORPOCHIVOR) on 17 October 2017.
• Type locality: “vereda Ciénaga La Valvanera, municipality of Garagoa, department of Boyacá, Colombia. Coordinates: N 5.106535941, W –73.25888414; elevation 1,894 m asl.”

References

Primary references

• Angarita-Sierra, T., Cubides-Cubillos, S.D. & Hurtado-Gómez, J.P. 2022. Hidden in the highs: Two new species of the enigmatic genus of toadheaded pitvipers of the genus Bothrocophias. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 971–996. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e87313 Reference page.