Bothrops fonsecai

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| image=Instituto Butantan 2016 031 - Fonseca's lancehead.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Silveira AL, Prudente ALC, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira CC, Barbo FE, Costa GC, Pontes GMF, Colli GR, Zaher HD, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Passos PGH, Bérnils RS, Sawaya RJ, Cechin CTZ (2021). "Bothrops fonsecai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T15203927A123738694.en. Accessed on 04 April 2023.

| genus = Bothrops

| species = fonsecai

| authority = Hoge & Belluomini, 1959

| synonyms = *Rhinocerophis fonsecai
{{small|— Fenwick et al., 2009}}

| synonyms_ref ={{EMBL species|genus=Bothrops|species=fonsecai}} www.reptile-database.org.

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Bothrops fonsecai, also known commonly as Fonseca's lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume). The species is endemic to Brazil.{{ITIS|id=209554|taxon=Bothrops |accessdate=3 November 2006}}

Etymology

The specific name, fonsecai, is in honor of Dr. Flavio da Fonseca, who was head of the laboratory of parasitology at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Bothrops fonsecai, p. 91).

Geographic range

B. fonsecai is found in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. fonsecai is forest, at altitudes up to {{cvt|1,700|m|ft}}.

Description

Adults of B. fonsecai have a total length (including tail) of about {{cvt|1|m|in}}.

Behavior

B. fonsecai is terrestrial.

Diet

B. fonsecai preys upon small mammals.

Reproduction

B. fonsecai is ovoviviparous. Litter size is 14 or less.