Bothrops fonsecai Hoge and Belluomini, 1959

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Bothrops fonsecai Hoge and Belluomini, 1959

Type locality. Santo Antônio do Capivari , Rio Claro, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 60A ). Recorded in the Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 60A ), mostly at high elevations ( Plt. 60B ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Campbell and Lamar (2004). Observed in the field in open areas and forest edges ( Martins et al., 2002).

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Plate 60. Distribution map of Bothrops fonsecai in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.