Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Higher classification Bothrops | |
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Similar Bothrops, Snake, Bothrops pictus, Vipers, Bothrops lojanus | ||
My new female bothrops barnetti
Bothrops barnetti is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Peru. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Etymology
The specific name, barnetti, is in honor of Burgess Barnett (1888-1944), who collected the holotype and paratypes. Dr. Barnett was Curator of Reptiles at the London Zoo (1932-1937) and Superintendent of the Rangoon Zoological Gardens (1938-1944).
Description
Bothrops barnetti is patterned in white and black triangles. Males usually grow to 120 cm (47 inches) in total length, whereas the females are quite smaller and thinner. The body is heavily shaped and stocky.
Common names
English common names for this species are Barnett's lancehead, and Barnett's pit viper. In Peru it is referred to as cascabel, cascabel falso, macanch, sancarranca, and zancarranca.
Geographic range
Found along the Pacific coast of northern Peru. It occurs at low elevations in arid, tropical scrub. The type locality given is "from the mouths of Quebradas Honda and Perines, between Lobitos and Talara, northern Peru".
