Bothrops atrox

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: Bothrops atrox

Bothrops atrox (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Syntypes: NRM Lin-100 (formerly MAFR) and NRM Lin-101 (formerly MAFR).
• Type locality: “Asia” (in error).

• Coluber atrox Linnaeus, 1758: 222 [original combination]
• Trigonocephalus atrox — Schinz, 1822 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera atrox — Schinz, 1822 [subsequent combination]
• Craspedocephalus atrox — Fitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]
• Bothrops atrox — Wagler, 1830 [subsequent combination]

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bothrops atrox. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 June 2022.
• Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Caicedo, J.R., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2021. IUCN: Bothrops atrox  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44582135A44582154. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44582135A44582154.en. Accessed on 12 June 2022.

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