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Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three
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- 1. Khamai Foundation, Quito, Ecuador|Tropical Herping S.A., Quito, Ecuador
- 2. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America|The George Washington University, Washington, United States of America
- 3. Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI), David, Panama|Fundación Los Naturalistas, Chiriquí, Panama|Sistema Nacional de Investigación (SNI), Clayton Panamá, Panama
- 4. ExSitu, Quito, Ecuador|Tropical Herping S.A., Quito, Ecuador
- 5. Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
- 6. University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States of America
- 7. CRWild, Uvita, Costa Rica
- 8. Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany
- 9. University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- 10. Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena, Ecuador|Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Mexico
- 11. Tropical Herping S.A., Quito, Ecuador|Savia Fund, Quito, Ecuador
- 12. Liberty University, Lynchburg, United States of America
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We present a taxonomic review and systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846) based on examination of 400 museum specimens, a phylogeographic analysis of 818 locality records, and 80 individuals sampled for molecular characters. We find morphological and phylogenetic support for five new species of Bothriechis Peters, 1859, which we describe here based on their unique combination of molecular, meristic, hemipenial, and color pattern characteristics. They are: B. klebbai sp. nov., B. rasikusumorum sp. nov., B. khwargi sp. nov., B. rahimi sp. nov., and B. hussaini sp. nov. Finally, we revalidate the names B. nigroadspersus (Steindachner, 1870), B. nitidus (Günther, 1859), and B. torvus (Posada Arango, 1889a), and provide a redescription of B. schlegelii.
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