Bothrops fonsecai

Bothrops fonsecai, or Fonseca's lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.[3]

Bothrops fonsecai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bothrops
Species:	B. fonsecai
Binomial name
Bothrops fonsecai Hoge & Belluomini, 1959
Synonyms[1]
Rhinocerophis fonsecai — Fenwick et al., 2009

Etymology

The specific name, fonsecai, is in honor of Dr. Flavio da Fonseca, who was head of the laboratory of parasitology at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil.[1][4]

Geographic range

B. fonsecai is found in Brazil in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.[1]

References

1. "Bothrops fonsecai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. 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).
3. "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops fonsecai, p. 91).

Further reading

• Hoge RA, Belluomini HE (1959). "Uma nova espécie de Bothrops do Brasil (Serpentes) ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 28: 195–206. (Bothrops fonsecai, new species). (in Portuguese).