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Bothriechis is a genus of pit vipers, commonly called palm vipers [2] or palm-pit vipers [3] found predominantly in Mexico and Central America, although the most common species, B. schlegelii, ranges as far south as Colombia and Peru. [4]
Although a few species of crotalines are highly active by day, such as Trimeresurus trigonocephalus, a bright green pit viper endemic to Sri Lanka, most are nocturnal, preferring to avoid high daytime temperatures and to hunt when their favored prey are also active. The snakes' heat-sensitive pits are also thought to aid in locating cooler ...
The Central American eyelash-pitviper (Bothriechis nigroadspersus) (from Latin, nigrum, meaning "black", and adspersus meaning "sprinkled") is a species of pit viper. [ 1 ] Although once listed as a synonym of Bothriechis schlegelii , it was revalidated in a 2024 revision of the latter species.
Bothriechis supraciliaris, commonly known as the blotched eyelash-pitviper, [3] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to southern Pacific parts of Talamanca Mountain Range in Costa Rica and western Panama .
The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. A genus contains one or more species. Minor intermediate ranks are not shown. A species (pl.: species) is a population of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. [1]
Although once listed as a synonym of Bothriechis schlegelii, it was revalidated in a 2024 revision of the latter species. [1] [2] It is known from southeastern Panama and from Antioquia, Colombia. [1] Bothriechis torvus is an arboreal snake that can grow to a total length of 378 mm (14.9 in) in males and 657 mm (25.9 in) in females. [1]
Bothriechis guifarroi is a species of green palm pit vipers discovered in 2010 in the Texiguat Wildlife Refuge, in Northern Honduras. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Bothriechis guifarroi joins two other species of the genus Bothriechis , B. marchi and B. thalassinus , found in the Chortís Highlands of Honduras.
Bothriechis nitidus is a species of arboreal pit viper endemic to an area of 37,400 km 2 in the humid forests of west-central Ecuador. [1] Although once listed as a synonym of Bothriechis schlegelii , it was revalidated in a 2024 revision of the latter species.