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Thamnocenchris Salvin, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 459. 

 Bothriopsis Peters, 1861. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1861: 359. 

 Porthidium Cope, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1871: 207. 

 Rhinocerophis Garman, 1881. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8: 85. 

 Ophryaciis Cope, 1887. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 32: 88. 

 Thanatophis Posada-Arango, 1889. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 14: 343. 

 Type species: Coluber lanceolatus Lacepede. 1789. Hist. Nat. Quadrup. Ovip. 2: 80. 



Bothrops alternatiis Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril, 1854 



Bothrops alternatiis Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril, 1854. Erp.Gen. 7: 1512. 



Lachesis alternatiis Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 541. 



Lachesis inaequalis Magalhaes, 1925. Mem. Inst. O. Cruz 18: 153. 



Bothrops alternata Serie, 1936. Inst. Mus. Univ. La Plata Obra Cincuentenario: 53. 



Bothrops alternatiis Peters & Orejas Miranda, 1970. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 297 (1): 43. 

 Type locality: Paraguay and Sudamerica. 



Distribution: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, 

 southern Misiones, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucuman; isolated populations in "Sierras" 

 of Tandil, La Ventana, and Cordoba. Also in southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Campbell & Lamar, 

 1989). Chaquena, Espinal, Pampeana provinces and in transitional areas of Paranaense province (Campos 

 district). 



Bothrops ammodytoides Leybold, 1873 



Bothrops ammodytoides Leybold, 1873. Escursion a las Pampas Arjentinas: 80. 



Rhinocerophis nasiis German, 1881. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 85. 



Bothrops patagonicus MuUer, 1885. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel7: 697. 



Bothrops biirmeisteri Koslowsky, 1895. Rev. Mus. La Plata 6: 369. 



Lachesis ammodytoides Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 534. 



Bothrops ammodytoides Amaral, 1929. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 233. 

 Type locality: Estancia Los Aguirre, near Chilecito - San Carlos Department - Mendoza. 

 Distribution: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Chubut, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio 

 Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz and Tucuman. Predominantly in Patagonica and Monte 

 provinces and neighboring areas of adjacent provinces. Isolated populations in highland grasslands in 

 "Sierras" of Cordoba, included in Serrano district of Chaquefia province but also with great andino- 

 patagonica influence, also in coastal areas of southern Buenos Aires, Pampeana province. 

 Comments: Recently, Scrocchi (1997) rectified the type locality. 



Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913) 



Lachesis cotiara Gomes, 1913. Ann. Paulistas Med. Cirug. 1: 65. 



Bothrops cotiara Amaral, 1925. Contrib. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med. 2: 53. 

 Type locality: Niicleo Colonial Cruz Machado, Marechal Mallet, Estado do 

 Parana, Brazil. 



Distribution: Northeastern Misiones. Also Brazil from Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina. 

 Paranaense province (Selvas Mixtas district, in Pinares comunity). 



Bothrops jararaca 

 Cophias jararaca Wied, 1824. Isis von Oken 15: 1 103. 

 Bothrops Megaera Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 50, pi. 19. 

 Bothrops leiicostigma Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 53, pi. 21. 

 Bothrops tessellatiis Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 54, pi. 21. 

 Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824. in Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 55, pi. 21. 

 Cophias J ararakka Wied, 1825. Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte von Brazilien 1: 470. 

 Bothrops Jararaca Wagler, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph.: 174. 



Lachesis lanceolatus Boulenger, 1896 (parti/n). Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 535. 



