Bothrops muriciensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Bothrops muriciensis Ferrarezzi & Freire, 2001: 2

Holotype: MNRJ 7036, adult ♀, collected by S.T. Silva on 20 April 1995.
Type locality: “Brazil: Alagoas: Murici, Fazenda Bananeira (9°14’S, 35°48’W, 640 m)”.

Ferrarezzi, H. & Freire, E.M.F. 2001. New species of Bothrops Wagler, 1824 from the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Boletim do Museu Nacional. Nova Série, Zoologia 440: 1–10. Reference page.

Freitas, M.A., França, D.P.F., Graboski, R., Uhlig, V. & Veríssimo, D. 2012. Notes on the conservation status, geographic distribution and ecology of Bothrops muriciensis Ferrarezzi & Freire, 2001 (Serpentes, Viperidae). North-Western Journal of Zoology 8(2): 338–343.

Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Barbo, F.E., Costa, G.C., Pontes, G.M.F., Colli, G.R., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Sawaya, R.J., Cechin, C.T.Z & Guedes da Costa, T.B. 2021. IUCN: Bothrops muriciensis (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T50957317A123740793. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T50957317A123740793.en. Accessed on 26 December 2025.