Palm Pitvipers

Bothriechis khwargi

Classification

Class: Squamata
Order: Squamata
Family: Viperidae

Bothriechis khwargi, also known as Khwarg’s eyelash-pitviper, is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. It was described in 2024, alongside 4 other species in its genus, by the Ecuadorian-Venezuelan herpetologist Alejandro Arteaga and his colleagues. It is named after Juewon Khwarg to honor his work discovering and protecting new species of vipers in the Colombian Andes.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

DescriptionBothriechis khwargi, Wikipedia contributors Safetywikidata

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