Bothrops lutzi ( Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 )

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Bothrops lutzi ( Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)

Type locality. Santa Maria da Vitória , Rio Corrente, state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 66A ). Recorded in the northeastern portion of the Cerrado and western Caatinga, with a single isolated record in coastal Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 66A ), at intermediate to high elevations ( Plt. 66B ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Silva and Rodrigues (2008). Observed in the field in grassland and savanna on sandy soil ( Recoder et al., 2011).

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Plate 66. Distribution map of Bothrops lutzi in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.