Bothrops lutzi

Bothrops lutzi, the Cerrado lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[3] The species is endemic to Brazil.[4]

Bothrops lutzi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bothrops
Species:	B. lutzi
Binomial name
Bothrops lutzi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
Synonyms[2]
Lachesis lutzi Miranda-Ribeiro Bothrops iglesiasi Amaral, 1923 Bothrops neuwiedi bahiensis Amaral, 1925 Bothrops neuwiedi piauhyensis Amaral, 1925 Bothrops neuwiedi lutzi — Amaral, 1929 Bothrops lutzi — Silva in Campbell & Lamar, 2004 Bothropoides lutzi — Fenwick et al., 2009 Bothrops lutzi — Carrasco et al., 2012

Etymology

The specific name, lutzi, is in honor of Adolfo Lutz of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, who collected the type specimen, upon which Miranda-Ribeiro based his new species description. Adolfo Lutz was the father of Brazilian herpetologist Bertha Lutz.[5]

References

1. Costa GC (2010). "Bothrops lutzi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178493A7558158. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178493A7558158.en. Downloaded on 05 November 2018.
2. Species Bothrops lutzi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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).
4. "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bothrops lutzi, p. 163).

Further reading

• Amaral A (1923). "New Genera and Species of Snakes". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 8: 85-105. (Bothrops iglesiasi, new species, pp. 97–99).
• Miranda Ribeiro [sic] A (1915). "Lachesis lutzi, Uma variedade de L. pictus Tschudi ". Archivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 17 (3): 3-4. (Lachesis lutzi, new species). (in Portuguese).