The color pattern consists of a brownish green to green to grayish green ground color overlaid with a series of pairs of crossbars. These crossbars are dark brown or black and bordered with yellow or yellowish white. This pattern usually breaks up anteriorly, resulting in spots of both colors. Occasionally, a row of yellowish ventrolateral spots, each covering 1-3 scales, is present and extends to the tail. The belly is yellow with pale green mottling. On the head, a well-defined postocular script is present that extends to the angle of the mouth, but does not involve the supralabial scales.[3]
^Venegas, P.; Aparicio, J.; Lundberg, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Aguayo, R.; Embert, D. (2019). "Bothrops oligolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T178034A51283248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178034A51283248.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ abMcDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ abcdeCampbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN0-8014-4141-2.
Bothrops oligolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 August 2008.
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bothrops, oligolepis, venomous, pitviper, species, found, peru, bolivia, specific, name, derived, from, greek, words, oligo, lepis, meaning, scales, probably, allusion, lower, numbers, dorsal, ventral, scales, that, compared, bilineatus, subspecies, currently,. Bothrops oligolepis is a venomous pitviper species found in Peru and Bolivia The specific name is derived from the Greek words oligo and lepis meaning few scales probably an allusion to the lower numbers of dorsal and ventral scales that it has compared to B bilineatus 3 No subspecies are currently recognized 4 Bothrops oligolepisConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ReptiliaOrder SquamataSuborder SerpentesFamily ViperidaeGenus BothropsSpecies B oligolepisBinomial nameBothrops oligolepis Werner 1901 Synonyms Lachesis bilineatus var oligolepis Werner 1901 Lachesis chloromelas Boulenger 1912 Bothrops chrysomelas Amaral 1926 Bothrops oligolepis Peters amp Orejas Miranda 1970 Lachesis bilineatus var oligolepis Obst 1977 Bothriopsis oligolepis Campbell amp Lamar 1989 Bothriechis oligolepis Schatti Kramer amp Touzet 1990 Bothriechis oligolepis oligolepis Golay et al 1993 2 Common names Peruvian forest pitviper 3 Contents 1 Description 2 Geographic range 3 References 4 External linksDescription editAdults grow to a length of at least 98 6 cm The body is moderately slender with a prehensile tail 3 The scalation includes 23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody 188 196 ventral scales and 53 66 mostly paired subcaudal scales On the head there are usually 6 8 intersupraoculars 7 8 supralabial scales the second is fused with the prelacunal to form a lacunolabial and 9 11 sublabial scales 3 The color pattern consists of a brownish green to green to grayish green ground color overlaid with a series of pairs of crossbars These crossbars are dark brown or black and bordered with yellow or yellowish white This pattern usually breaks up anteriorly resulting in spots of both colors Occasionally a row of yellowish ventrolateral spots each covering 1 3 scales is present and extends to the tail The belly is yellow with pale green mottling On the head a well defined postocular script is present that extends to the angle of the mouth but does not involve the supralabial scales 3 Geographic range editFound on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia The type locality given is Bolivien Bolivia 2 References edit Venegas P Aparicio J Lundberg M Martins M R C Aguayo R Embert D 2019 Bothrops oligolepis IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019 e T178034A51283248 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2019 2 RLTS T178034A51283248 en Retrieved 19 November 2021 a b McDiarmid RW Campbell JA Toure T 1999 Snake Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference vol 1 Herpetologists League 511 pp ISBN 1 893777 00 6 series ISBN 1 893777 01 4 volume a b c d e Campbell JA Lamar WW 2004 The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere 2 volumes Comstock Publishing Associates Ithaca and London 870 pp 1500 plates ISBN 0 8014 4141 2 Bothrops oligolepis Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 10 August 2008 External links editBothrops oligolepis at the Reptarium cz Reptile Database Accessed 10 August 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bothrops oligolepis amp oldid 1056092247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
