Bothrops lutzi

Bothrops lutzi, the Cerrado lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[3] The species is endemic to Brazil.[4]

Bothrops lutzi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. lutzi
Binomial name
Bothrops lutzi
Synonyms[2]
  • Lachesis lutzi
    Miranda-Ribeiro
  • Bothrops iglesiasi
    Amaral, 1923
  • Bothrops neuwiedi bahiensis
    Amaral, 1925
  • Bothrops neuwiedi piauhyensis
    Amaral, 1925
  • Bothrops neuwiedi lutzi
    — Amaral, 1929
  • Bothrops lutzi
    — Silva in Campbell & Lamar, 2004
  • Bothropoides lutzi
    — Fenwick et al., 2009
  • Bothrops lutzi
    — Carrasco et al., 2012

Etymology

The specific name, lutzi, is in honor of Adolfo Lutz of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, who collected the type specimen, upon which Miranda-Ribeiro based his new species description. Adolfo Lutz was the father of Brazilian herpetologist Bertha Lutz.[5]

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References
  1. Costa GC (2010). "Bothrops lutzi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178493A7558158. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178493A7558158.en. Downloaded on 05 November 2018.
  2. Species Bothrops lutzi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops lutzi, p. 163).

Further reading
  • Amaral A (1923). "New Genera and Species of Snakes". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 8: 85-105. (Bothrops iglesiasi, new species, pp. 97–99).
  • Miranda Ribeiro [sic] A (1915). "Lachesis lutzi, Uma variedade de L. pictus Tschudi ". Archivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 17 (3): 3-4. (Lachesis lutzi, new species). (in Portuguese).


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