Biology:Bothrops pradoi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Bothrops |
| Species: | B. pradoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothrops pradoi (Hoge, 1948)
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Bothrops pradoi is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] It is endemic to Brazil .[3]
Etymology
The specific name, pradoi, is in honor of Brazil ian herpetologist Alcides Prado, who was one of Hoge's colleagues at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil.[4]
Taxonomy
Some authorities consider this species to be a synonym of Bothrops leucurus.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bothrops leucurus ". 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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209554. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ↑ Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops pradoi, p. 210).
Further reading
- Hoge AR (1948). "Notas Erpetologicas 3. Uma nova espécie de Trimeresurus ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 20: 193-202. (Trimeresurus pradoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
Wikidata ☰ Q4948696 entry
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