Bothrocophias

Taxobox
name = "Bothrocophias"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Bothrocophias"
genus_authority = Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001

"Bothrocophias" is a genus of venomous snakes in the Crotalinae subfamily of the Viperidae family. A relatively recently identified genus, it consists of four species and are native to northern South America.

Species

*"Bothrocophias campbelli" (Freire-lascano, 1991) - Ecuador.
*"Bothrocophias hyoprora" (Amaral, 1935 - Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.
*"Bothrocophias microphthalmus" (Cope, 1876) - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia.
*"Bothrocophias myersi" (Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001) - Colombia.

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