Argentinian snakes

Thamnocenchris Salvin, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 459.
Bothriopsis Peters, 1861. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1861: 359.
Porthidíum Cope, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1871: 207.
Rhinocerophis Garman, 1881. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8: 85.
Ophryacus Cope, 1887. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 32: 88.
Thanatophis Posada-Arango, 1889. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 14: 343.
Type species: Coluber lanceolatus Lacépède. 1789. Hist. Nat. Quadrup. Ovip. 2: 80.
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Bothrops alternatus Duméril, Bibron et Duméril, 1854
Bothrops alternatus Duméril, Bibron et Duméril, 1854. Erp.Gén. 7: 1512.
Lachesis alternatus Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 541.
Lachesis inaequalis Magalhaes, 1925. Mem. Inst. O. Cruz 18: 153.
Bothrops alternata Serié, 1936. Inst. Mus. Univ. La Plata Obra Cincuentenario: 53.
Bothrops alternatus Peters & Orejas Miranda, 1970. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 297 (1): 43.
Type locality: Paraguay and Sudamérica.
Distribution: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa,
southern Misiones, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán; isolated populations in “Sierras”
of Tandil, La Ventana, and Córdoba. Also in southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Campbell & Lamar,
1989). Chaqueña, Espinal, Pampeana provinces and in transitional areas of Paranaense province (Campos
district).
Bothrops ammodytoides Leybold, 1873
Bothrops ammodytoides Leybold, 1873. Escursion a las Pampas Arjentinas: 80.
Rhinocerophis nasus German, 1881. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 85.
Bothrops patagonicus Muller, 1885. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel7: 697.
Bothrops burmeisteri Koslowsky, 1895. Rev. Mus. La Plata 6: 369.
Lachesis ammodytoides Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 534.
Bothrops ammodytoides Amaral, 1929. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 233.
Type locality: Estancia Los Aguirre, near Chilecito - San Carlos Department - Mendoza.
Distribution: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Chubut, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río
Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz and Tucumán. Predominantly in Patagonica and Monte
provinces and neighboring areas of adjacent provinces. Isolated populations in highland grasslands in
“Sierras” of Córdoba, included in Serrano district of Chaqueña province but also with great andinopatagonica
influence, also in coastal areas of southern Buenos Aires, Pampeana province.
Comments: Recently, Scrocchi (1997) rectified the type locality.
Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913)
Lachesis cotiara Gomes, 1913. Ann. Paulistas Med. Cirug. 1: 65.
Bothrops cotiara Amaral, 1925. Contrib. Harvard Inst. Trop. Biol. Med. 2: 53.
Type locality: Núcleo Colonial Cruz Machado, Marechal Mallet, Estado do
Paraná, Brazil.
Distribution: Northeastern Misiones. Also Brazil from Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina.
Paranaense province (Selvas Mixtas district, in Pinares comunity).
Bothrops jararaca
Cophias jararaca Wied, 1824. Isis von Oken 15: 1103.
Bothrops Megaera Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 50, pl. 19.
Bothrops leucostigma Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 53, pl. 21.
Bothrops tessellatus Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 54, pl. 21.
Bothrops taeniatus Wagler, 1824. in Spix, Spec. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 55, pl. 21.
Cophias Jararakka Wied, 1825. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brazilien l: 470.
Bothrops Jararaca Wagler, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph.: 174.
Lachesis lanceolatus Boulenger, 1896 (partim). Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 535.