Bothrocophias lojanus
Bothrocophias lojanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Bothrocophias |
Species: | B. lojanus
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Binomial name | |
Bothrocophias lojanus (Parker, 1930)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Bothrocophias lojanus, also known commonly as the Lojan lancehead in English, and macanchi or macaucho in Spanish, is a species of venomous pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.[3] The species is native to northwestern South America.
Geographic range[]
B. lojanus is found in Ecuador and Peru.[1][2][4]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of B. lojanus is forest at altitudes of 1,900–3,678 m (6,234–12,067 ft).[1]
Diet[]
B. lojanus preys upon lizards and small rodents.[5]
Reproduction[]
B. lojanus is viviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Cisneros-Heredia DF (2019). "Bothrops lojanus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T174144A54445329. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T174144A54445329.en. Accessed on 18 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Species Bothrocophias lojanus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ^ "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ^ Arteaga A (2020).
Further reading[]
- Carrasco PA, Venegas PJ, Valencia JH (2016). "First confirmed records of the endangered Andean pitviper Bothrops lojanus Parker, 1930 (Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Peru". Herpetology Notes 9: 297–301.
- Hamdan B, Guedes TB, Carrasco PA, Melville J (2019). "A complex biogeographic history of diversification in Neotropical lancehead pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae)". Zoologica Scripta 49 (2): 145–158. (Bothrocophias lojanus, new combination).
- Parker HW (1930). "Two new Reptiles from Southern Ecuador". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 5: 568–571. (Bothrops lojana, new species, p. 568)
External links[]
- Arteaga A (2020). "Lojan Lancehead (Bothrops lojanus)". Reptiles of Ecuador. http://www.reptilesofecuador.com/bothrops_lojanus.html.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Reptiles described in 1930
- Bothrocophias
- Snake stubs