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BOTHROPS 



Bothrops neuw i ed i paranaens i s Amaral 



1525 Bothrops neuw iedi i paranaens i s Amaral, Contr. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med., 2: 61, pi. 

 14, fig. 7; pi. 16, fig. f. Type-locality. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Distribution: Estado do Parana, Brazil. 



Bothrops neuw i ed i pauloens i s Amaral 



1525 Bothrops neuw i ed i i pauloens i s Amaral, Contr. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med., 2: 59> pl' 

 14, fig. 5; pi. 16, fig. 5. Type-locality: Leme, S3o Paulo, Brazil. 



Distribution: Southern parts of Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Bothrops neuw i ed i p lauhyens i s Amaral 



1525 Bothrops neuw i ed i i p i auhyens i s Amaral, Contr. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med., 2: 58> pl- 

 14, fig. 2; pi. 15, fig. 2. Type-locality: Fazenda Grande, Piau', Brazil. 



Distribution: Piau', Pernambuco, Estado do Ceara and southern Maranhao, Brazil. 



Bothrops neuw i ed i pubescens (Cope) 



I87O Tr i qonocephalus ( Bothrops ) pubescens Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 11 (I865): 157- lype- 



locality: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 

 1525 Bothrops neuw i ed 1 i r i oqrandens 1 s Amaral, Contr. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med., 2: 6I, pi. 



14, fig. 8; pi. 16, fig. 8. Type-locality: Itaquy, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 

 1555 Bothrops neuwiedi 1 pubescens — Hoqe . Mem. Inst. Butantan, 28 (1957-I558): 84. 



Distribution: Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Uruguay. 



Bothrops neuw i ed i urutu Lacerda 



1884 Bothrops urutu Lacerda, Lee. Ven. Serp. Bresil: 11, pi. 3- Type-locality: Provincia de 



Minas Gerais, now Estado de Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

 1937 Bothrops neuwiedi i urutu — Amaral . Mem. Inst. Butantan, 10 (1536): 160. 



Distribution: Southern Minas Gerais and northern Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



BOTHROPS NIGROVIRIDIS (Peters) 



I859 Bothr I ech i s n 1 qrovir id 1 s Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859: 278, fig. 4. Type-locality: 



Volcan Barba, Costa Rica. 

 I878 Bothrops ( Bothr i ech i s ) n 1 qrov 1 r i d i s — Muller, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 6: 401. 



Distribution: Chiapas, Mexico to Panama. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Ventrals more than 1 5O 2 1. Ventrales mas de I5O 2 



Ventrals fewer than 1 5O n i qrov i r i d i s Ventrales menos de I5O n i qrov ir i d i s 



2. Dorsum uniform, scales with narrow black 2. Dorso uniforme, escamas con hordes negros 



edges; no temporal streak '"archi i angostos; sin estrfa temporal march i i 



Dorsum green with scattered yellow spots; Oorso verde con manchas amarillas dispersas; 

 black streak on temporal aurifer con estr'a negra en el temporal aurifer 



