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BOTHROPS 



Bothrops nummifer occiduus Hoge 



1868 Bothrops af f i n i s Bocourt (preoccupied by Bothrops af f i n i s Gray, 1849), Ann. Sc i . Nat. 



Paris, {5) 10: 201. Type-locality: San Augustin, on south slope of mountains, 



in Guatemala, 6IO m. 

 196^ Bothrops nummifer affinis — Stuart. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 122: I3O. 

 1566 Bothrops numm i f er occ i duus Hoge (replacement name for Bothrops affinis Bocourt), Mem. 



Inst. Butantan, 32 (1965): I3O. 



Distribution: Pacific slope, Guatemala to El Salvador; possibly in Chiapas, Mexico. 



BOTHROPS OLIGOLEPIS (Werner) 



I9CI Lachesis bilineatus var. ol iqolepi s Werner. Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden, 9 (2): I3. Type-locality; 



Bol i V ia. 

 1912 Lachesis chloromelas Boulenqer. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (s) 10: 423. Type-locality: Huancabamba, 



eastern Peru, above 3OOO ft. 

 1926 Bothrops chrysomelas Amaral (in error for chloromelas Boulenger), Ann. Carnegie Mus., I6: 3^0. 



Distribution: Peru and Bolivia. 



BOTHROPS OPHRYOMEGAS Bocourt 



1868 Bothrops ophryomeoas Bocourt. Ann. Sc i . Nat. Paris, (5) 10= 201. Type-locality: Warm regions 

 on western (actually southern) slope of Cordillera, Escuintla, Guatemala. 



Distribution: Pacific slope of Central America from western Guatemala to Panama. 



BOTHROPS PERUVIANUS (Boulenger) 



1903 Lachesis peruvianus Boulenqer. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 12: 35*- Type-locality: La Oroya and 



Carabaya, southeastern Peru. 

 1929 Bothrops peruviana — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 240. 



Distribution: Southeastern Peru. 



BOTHROPS PESSOAI Prado 



1939 Bothrops pessoa i Prado, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 12 (1938-I939): 2. Type-locality: Rio Parauary, 



Estado do Amazonas, Brazil. 

 1948 Tr imeresurus pessoa i — Hoge, Bol. Mus. Paraense E. Goeldi, 10: 325' 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



BOTHROPS PICADOI (Dunn) 



1939 Tr imeresurus numm i f er p icadoi Dunn, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 52: l65. Type-locality: La 



Palma, Costa Rica, 45OO ft. 

 1945 Bothrops picadoi — Smith and Taylor, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 18/: I83. 

 1951 Bothrops picadoi — Taylor. Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 34: 180. 



Distribution: Central Plateau of Costa Rica and surrounding mountains. 



BOTHROPS PICTUS (Tschudi) 



1845 L.[ achesis ] picta Tschudi, Arch, fur Naturg., 11: I66 (fig. 10 in Fauna Peruana, I845). Type- 

 locality: High mountains of Peru. 

 I863 B.[ othrops ] pictus — Jan. Elenco Sist. Ofidi: 126. 



Distribution: Coastal region of Peru to 1800 m. 



