Bothrops alcatraz

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:

Bothrops alcatraz Marques, Martins & Sazima, 2002: 304

Holotype: IBSP 62545, ♂, collected by O.A.V. Marques, M. Martins, M.E. Oliveira, D.N. Pereira and A. Martensen on 15 December 1999.
Type locality: “Alcatrazes Island (24°06’S, 45°42’W), São Sebastião, São Paulo State, Brazil”.

Marques, O.A.V., Martins, M. & Sazima, I. 2002. A new insular species of pitviper from Brazil, with comments on evolutionary biology and conservation of the Bothrops jararaca group (Serpentes, Viperidae). Herpetologica 58(3): 303–312. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0303:ANISOP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

Marques, O.A.V., Martins, M.R.C. & Sawaya, R.J. 2021. IUCN: Bothrops alcatraz (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T46344A123179114. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T46344A123179114.en. Accessed on 17 June 2025.