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Appendix 1 



Origin and vouchers of samples sequenced in this study. Institu- 

 tional Codes for vouchers: IB = Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo, 

 Brazil, Herpetological Collection. FHGO = Fundacion Herpetologica 

 Gustavo Orces, Quito, Ecuador. INHMT = Instituto de Higiene y 

 Medicina Tropical 'L. Izquieta Perez', Guayaquil, Ecuador. ROM = 

 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. WW = Wolfgang Wiister collec- 

 tion. Collection numbers refer to preserved specimens unless 

 otherwise stated. Photographs and/or morphological data for many 

 unvouchered specimens are available from the first author. 



Bothrocophias microphthalmus: ECUADOR: ZamoraChinchipe: 

 Cuencadel Rio Jamboe: Pumbami. FHGO 2566. Bothrops altematus: 

 BRAZIL: Parana: Pinhao. IB 553 14. B. asper: Belize: Mile 38, West- 

 ern Highway. WW 264. B. atrox: BRAZIL: Para: Santa Izabel. WW 

 735. Maranhao: Sao Bento: WW 723. FRENCH GUYANA: Mana. 

 WW 554. GUYANA: North West District: Baramita. ROM 22848. 

 SURINAME: Coronie District: 7.5 km E. Totness. WW 537. B. 

 brazili: ECUADOR: Morona Santiago: Macuma. FHGO 982. B. 

 caribbaeus: SAINT LUCIA: Grande Anse. WW 144 WW 148. B. 

 colombiensis: VENEZUELA: Guarico: Altagracia de Orituco. WW 

 74. Falcon: San Francisco. J.L. Yrausquin, live coll. Guaibacoa. J.L. 

 Yrausquin, live coll. B. insularis: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo: Ilha da Quei- 

 mada Grande. Released aftersampling.B.y'araraca: BRAZIL: Parana: 

 Piracuara. WW 926. B.jararacussu: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo: Cananeia. 

 IB55313.fi. Zanceo/afK^:MARTINIQUE.Notvouchered.B. leucurus: 

 BRAZIL: Bahia: Porto Seguro. IB 55480-1; Salvador. IB 55478. 

 Espfrito Santo: Domingos Martins. IB 55557. B. marajoensis: BRA- 

 ZIL: Para: Ilha de Marajo: 10 km NW Camara. WW 80. Santa Cruz do 

 Arari: WW 943. B.pulcher. ECUADOR: ZamoraChinchipe: Estacion 

 Cientifica San Francisco. FHGO live coll. 2 142. B. punctatus: ECUA- 

 DOR: Pichincha: Pedro Vicente Maldonado. FHGO live coll. 2 1 66. B. 

 taeniatus: ECUADOR: Morona Santiago: Macuma. FHGO 195. 



