42 



Bothrops jararaca Amaral, 1925. Contr. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med. 2: 42. 

 Type locality: Not mentioned specifically in the original description. Later, Wied (1825) mentions Mucuri, 

 Lagoa d'Arara, Brazil. 



Distribution: Misiones. Also in Brazil, from Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul and Paraguay. Paranaense 

 province. 



Bothrops jararacussii Lacerda, 1884 



Bothrops jararacussii Lacerda, 1884. Legons sur le Venin des Serpents du Bresil: 8. 



Lachesis jararaciissu Serie, 1915. An. Mus. Nac. Bs. As. 27: 107. 



Bothrops jararacussii Amaral, 1925. Cont. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med. 2: 43. 

 Type locality: "province" de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Distribution: Misiones. Also in Paraguay and Brazil from Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul. Paranaense 

 province. 



Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966 



Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966. Mem. Inst. Butantan (1965) 32: 126, pis. 4 and 5, fig. 2. 

 Type locality: Brazilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil. 



Distribution: Northwestern Misiones. Also in Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Sao 

 Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Paranaense province. 



Bothrops neuwiedi boliviamis Amaral, 1927. 



Bothrops neuwiedii boliviana Amaral, 1927. Bull. Antivenin. Inst. Amer. 1: 6, fig. 2. 

 Type locality: Buena Vista, Provincia de Sara, Departamento Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 

 Distribution: Salta (Avila & Moreta, 1995). Also in Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Tarija 

 Departments in Bolivia and Mato Grosso, Brazil (Campbell & Lamar, 1989). Yungas province. 



Bothrops neuwiedi diporus Cope 1862 



Bothrops diporus Cope, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 347. 



Lachesis neuwiedii Boulenger ipartim) 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 542. 



Lachesis Neuwiedi Berg, 1898 An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Bs. As. 6: 31. 



Bothrops neuwiedi meridionalis Amaral, 1930. Bull. Antivenin Inst. America 4 (3): 66. 



Bothrops neuwiedi diporus Cochran, 1961. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 220: 161. 

 Type locality: Ri'o Vermejo. Specified by Cochran (1961) as Vermejo (=Bermejo) River region, boundary of 

 Paraguay and Argentina. 



Distribution: Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, 

 Mendoza, Misiones, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucuman 

 (Perez & Avila. Also in Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana, Brazil and south and east Paraguay (Campbell & 

 Lamar, 1989). Chaqueiia, Monte, Espinal and Paranaense provinces. 



Comments: Giraudo (1997) mentioned that populations from Misiones and northeastern Coirientes do not 

 belong to this subspecies and are, in fact, intergrades with B. n. paranaensis of Parana, Brazil, with 

 coloration patterns more similar to that subspecies than to B. n. diporus. 



Crotalus Linnaeus 



Crotalus Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae, 10: 214, by subsequent designation, Fitzinger, 1843: 29, 



according to ICZN Dir. 56: maintained name: Op. 92. 

 Crotalophorus Houttuyn, 1764. Natuur. Hist., 6 (I): 290. 

 Caudisona Laurenti, 1768. Synopsin Reptilium: 92. 

 Crotalinus Rafmesque, 1818. Amer. Month. Mag. Crit. Rev., 3: 446. 

 Crotahis Fleming, 1822 (not Linnaeus 1758). Philos. Zool. 2: 294. 

 Crotalophorus Gray, 1825 (not Houttuyn, 1764), Ann. Philos., 10: 205. 

 Caudisona Fitzinger, 1826 (not Laurenti, 1768), Neue Classification der Reptilien: 63. 

 Uropsophus Wagler, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph.: 176. 

 Urocrotalon Fitzinger, 1843. Systema Reptilium: 29. 

 Aploaspis Cope, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866: 310. 



