Bothrops fonsecai

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 & , 1959
Synonyms
	Rhinocerophis fonsecai ; — et al., 2009;

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

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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bothrops fonsecai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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).
^ "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
^ 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).