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A new species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Pampas del Heath, southeastern Peru, with comments on the systematics of the Bothrops neuwiedi species group
A new species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Pampas del Heath, southeastern Peru, with comments on the systematics of the Bothrops neuwiedi species group
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2019
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Carrasco P.A.
Grazziotin F.G.
Cruz Farfán R.S.
Koch C.
Antonio Ochoa J.
Scrocchi G.J.
Leynaud G.C.
Chaparro J.C.
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Magnolia Press
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We describe a new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops from the Peruvian Pampas del Heath, in the Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. Pampas del Heath is an area of seasonally flooded savannas and a northwestern extension of the Gran Chaco Boliviano-Paraguayo.
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Species delimitation,
Snakes,
Herpetology