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BOTHROPS 



BOTHROPS ALBOCARINATUS Shreve 



153* Bothrops a lbocar i nata Shreve, Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8; I3O. Type-locality: R'o 

 Pastaza, from Canelos to R'o Maranon, Ecuador. 



Distribution: R'o Pastaza drainage, Ecuador. 



BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS Dumlril, Bibron and Dumeril 



I854 Bothrops al terna tus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 7: 1512, pi. 82 bis, figs. 1-la. 



Type-locality: Paraguay and South America. 

 1525 Laches i s i naequal i s MagalhSes, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 18: 153» pls. 7"12. Type-locality: 



Vila de Sao Lourenjo, Lago a Dos Patos, Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



Distribution: Northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southeastern Brazil. 



BOTHROPS ALTICOLUS Parker 



1534 Bothrops alt icola Parker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (lO) 14: 272. Type-locality: Five km east of 

 Loja, Ecuador, 5200 ft. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



I873 Bothrops ammodyto i des Leybold, Escursion a las Pampas Arjentinas; Hojas de mi Diario: 80. Type- 

 locality: Northern Argentina. 



1881 Rh i noceroph i s nasus Carman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8: 85. Type-locality: Puerto San Antonio, 

 Argent i na. 



I885 Bothrops patagon icus Mijller, Verb. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, ]: 697. Type-locality: Bah'a Blanca, 

 Argent i na. 



I855 Bothrops burme ister i Koslowsky, Rev. Mus. La Plata, 6: 365, pi. 4. Type-locality: Chilecito, 

 La Rioja, Argentina. 



Distribution: Provincia Tucuman to Provincia Chubut, Argentina. 



BOTHROPS ANDIANUS Amaral 



1923 Bothrops andiana Amaral. Proc. New England Zool. Club, 8: IO3. Type-locality: Machu Picchu, 

 Departamento Cuzco, Peru, 8000-10,000 ft. 



Distribution: Known only from Departamento Cuzco, Peru. 



BOTHROPS ASPER (Garman) 



188S Tr i Qonocephalus asper Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8: 124. Type-locality: Obispo, Darien, 



Panama . 

 1885 Bothrops atrox septentr ional is Mu'Uer. Verb. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, ]: 655. Type-locality: 



None given; recorded as Costa Grande, Guatemala, by Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 



122, 1963, 123. 

 1966 Bothrops asper — Hoge. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 32 (1965): II3. 



Distribution: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico south on both Atlantic and Pacific slopes at lower 

 elevations throughout Central America and Pacific slopes of Colombia and Ecuador. 



