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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]
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 schlegelii, known commonly as the highland eyelash-pitviper or Schlegel's eyelash-pitviper, [2] is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae, native to Colombia. Somewhat small, arboreal snakes, B. schlegelii is perhaps best known for the namesake superciliary (" eyelash ") scales above its eyes , and for having distinctly ...
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 ...
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 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 .
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]
This species is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1ab(iii,v) (v3.1, 2001). [6] A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 20,000 km², the population to be severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than 10 locations, Therefore that a ...