Bothrops lutzi

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Costa, G.C. |author-link=species:Gabriel Correia Costa |date=2010 |title=Bothrops lutzi |volume=2010 |page=e.T178493A7558158 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178493A7558158.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Bothrops

| species = lutzi

| authority = (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)

| range_map = Bothropoides lutzi distribution.png

| synonyms = *Lachesis lutzi
{{small|Miranda-Ribeiro}}

Bothrops iglesiasi
{{small|Amaral, 1923}}
Bothrops neuwiedi bahiensis
{{small|Amaral, 1925}}
Bothrops neuwiedi piauhyensis
{{small|Amaral, 1925}}
Bothrops neuwiedi lutzi
{{small|— Amaral, 1929}}
Bothrops lutzi
{{small|— Silva in Campbell & Lamar, 2004}}
Bothropoides lutzi
{{small|— Fenwick et al., 2009}}
Bothrops lutzi
{{small|— Carrasco et al., 2012}}

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

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Bothrops lutzi, also known commonly as the Cerrado 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 native to central eastern Brazil.{{ITIS |id=209554 |taxon=Bothrops |accessdate=3 November 2006}}

Geographic range

Bothrop lutzi can be found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Piauí, and Tocantins.{{Cite journal |last=Loebmann |first=Daniel |author-link=species:Daniel Loebmann |date=2009-01-07 |title=Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae, Bothrops lutzi: distribution extension, geographic distribution map |url=https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/17868/ |journal=Check List |language=en |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=373–375 |doi=10.15560/5.3.373 |issn=1809-127X|hdl=11449/40101 |hdl-access=free |doi-access=free }}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Bothrops lutzi is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|800|m|ft}}.

Venom

Bothrops lutzi has sparked an interest from the scientific community due to its venom, as it is believed to have some therapeutic potential. Scientists have found that the venom carried by B. lutzi has antibacterial and antiparasitic effects, which can help fight against microbial resistance by medical patients, as well as parasitic diseases like Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.{{Cite journal |last1=de Menezes |first1=Ramon R.P.P.B. |last2=Torres |first2=Alba F. C. |last3=da Silva |first3=Thiala S. J. |last4=de Sousa |first4=Daniel F. |last5=Lima |first5=Danya B. |last6=Norjosa |first6=Dive B. |last7=Nogueira |first7=Nádia A. P. |last8=Oliveira |first8=Maria F. |last9=de Oliveira |first9=Márcia R. |last10=Monteiro |first10=Helena S. A. |last11=Martins |first11=Alice M. C. |date=January 2012 |title=Antibacterial and Antiparasitic Effects of Bothropoides lutzi venom |journal=Natural Product Communications |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1934578X1200700 |doi=10.1177/1934578X1200700125 |issn=1934-578X|doi-access=free }}

Reproduction

Bothrops lutzi is ovoviviparous.

Etymology

The specific name, lutzi, is in honor of Adolfo Lutz of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, who collected the type specimen, upon which Miranda-Ribeiro based his new species description. Adolfo Lutz was the father of Brazilian herpetologist Bertha Lutz.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 lutzi, p. 163).