First record of Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824 (Reptilia: Viperidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil

By

Souza, Jesus Rodrigues Domingues De
Venâncio, Nathocley Mendes
Freitas, Marco Antonio de, 1970-
Souza, Moisés Barbosa De
Veríssimo, Diogo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

430--431

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.2.430

 

Abstract

An adult specimen of Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824 was found in the Municipality of Assis Brasil, in the Rio Acre Ecological Station, Acre, Brazil. This is the first record of this species for the state of Acre, extending the species distribution globally by approximately 164 Km west.