Bothrops cotiara ( Gomes, 1913 )

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https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10062448

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scientific name

Bothrops cotiara ( Gomes, 1913 )
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Type locality. Núcleo colonial Cruz Machado, Mallet, state of Paraná, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Argentina and Brazil ( Plt. 57A View Plate 57 ). In Brazil recorded mostly in Araucaria Forest, with marginal records in the Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 57A View Plate 57 ), mostly at high elevations ( Plt. 57B View Plate 57 ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Campbell and Lamar (2004). Observed in the field in open grasslands, in montane broadleaf forest and Araucaria forest ( Martins et al., 2002).

Campbell J. A., Lamar W. W. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca.

Gomes J. F. 1913. Uma nova cobra venenosa do Brasil. Annaes Paulistas de Medicina e Cirurgia 1: 65 - 67.

Martins M., Marques O. A. V., Sazima I. 2002. Ecological and phylogenetic correlates of feeding habits in Neotropical pitvipers of the genus Bothrops. Pp. 307 - 328, in Schuett G. W., Hoggren M., Douglas M. E., Greene H. W. (Eds.), Biology of the Vipers. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain.

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Plate 57. Distribution map of Bothrops cotiara in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Bothrops