Bothrops cotiara ( Gomes, 1913 )

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Bothrops cotiara ( Gomes, 1913)

Type locality. Núcleo colonial Cruz Machado, Mallet, state of Paraná, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Argentina and Brazil ( Plt. 57A ). In Brazil recorded mostly in Araucaria Forest, with marginal records in the Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 57A ), mostly at high elevations ( Plt. 57B ). 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).

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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.