Bothrops sonene
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| Bothrops sonene | |
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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. sonene
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothrops sonene Carrasco, Grazziotin, Cruz-Farfán, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro, 2019
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Bothrops sonene is a species of venomous snake in the genus Bothrops found in Peru and Bolivia.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, sonene, is derived from the Tacana language, and is the name used by the Ese’ejja for the Heath River. The Ese’ejja are an Amazonian community that inhabits the areas surrounding the Madre de Dios, Tambopata, and Heath Rivers, in the border between Peru and Bolivia.[2]
Description
[edit]Bothrops sonene can be distinguished from its congeners by the exclusive combination of the following morphological characters: dorsal color pattern of body consisting of small C-shaped blotches, apparently unique for the genus; postocular stripe originating posteriorly to the eye, two or two and a half scales width, covering three or four posterior supralabials; dorsum of the head with paired markings arranged symmetrically; venter cream heavily speckled with brown; lacunolabial scale absent, prelacunal discrete contacting second supralabial; prefoveals three to five; subfoveal single and usually present; postfoveals absent to two; canthals two; intersupraoculars seven; suboculars one or two; postoculars two or three; supralabials seven or eight; infralabials nine to eleven; interrictals 26–27; middorsal scales 23–25; ventrals 172 in the female, 169–173 in males; subcaudals divided, 45 in the female, 50 in males.[3]
Geographical range
[edit]Bothrops sonene is found in the Pampas del Heath region of the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park in Peru, and in adjacent areas of Bolivia. This species inhabits lowland tropical rainforests and is typically found at elevations around 200 meters above sea level.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bothrops sonene". Reptile Database. Zoological Museum Hamburg. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "New poisonous snake species discovered at the Tambopata-Bahuaja project". Ecosphere+. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Bothrops sonene". Reptile Database. Zoological Museum Hamburg. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Carrasco, P.A., Grazziotin, F.G., Cruz-Farfán, J.A., Koch, C., Ochoa, J.A., Scrocchi, G.J., Leynaud, G.C., Chaparro, J.C. (2019). "Bothrops sonene sp. nov. (Squamata: Viperidae), a new species of pit viper from the Pampas del Heath, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Peru". Zootaxa. 4563 (1): 1–20.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bothrops sonene". Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved 15 August 2024.