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Franceses island-Lancehead

Bothrops sazimai Barbo, Gasparini, Almeida, Zaher, Grazziotin, Gusmão, Ferrarini & Sawaya, 2016

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Bothrops sazimai Barbo, Gasparini, Almeida, Zaher, Grazziotin, Gusmão, Ferrarini & Sawaya, 2016
Name authority
Barbo, Gasparini, Almeida, Zaher, Grazziotin, Gusmão, Ferrarini & Sawaya, 2016
Common name
Franceses island-Lancehead
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Bothrops
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyViperidae
  13. subfamilyCrotalinae
  14. genusBothrops
  15. speciesBothrops sazimai Barbo, Gasparini, Almeida, Zaher, Grazziotin, Gusmão, Ferrarini & Sawaya, 2016

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Bothrops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Jonathan's LanceheadBothrops jonathani Harvey, 1994ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brazilian LanceheadBothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bothrops monsignifer Timms, Chaparro, Venegas, Salazar-Valenzuela, Scrocchi, Cuevas, Leynaud & Carrasco, 2019ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bothrops oligobalius Dal Vechio, Prates, Grazziotin, Graboski & Rodrigues, 2021ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Jabre’s LanceheadBothrops jabrensis Barbo, Grazziotin, Pereira-Filho, Freitas, Abrantes & Kokubum, 2022ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
UrutuBothrops alternatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Barba AmarillaBothrops atrox (Linnaeus, 1758)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Barnett's LanceheadBothrops barnetti Parker, 1938ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Green JararacaBothrops bilineatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
CotiaraBothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Caatinga LanceheadBothrops erythromelas (Amaral, 1923)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fonseca's LanceheadBothrops fonsecai Hoge & Belluomini, 1959ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Brazil (Espírito Santo: Ilha dos Franceses)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. BARBO, FAUSTO E.; JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI, ANTONIO P. ALMEIDA, HUSSAM ZAHER, FELIPE G. GRAZZIOTIN, RODRIGO B. GUSMÃO, JOSÉ MÁRIO G. FERRARINI & RICARDO J. SAWAYA. (2016). Another new and threatened species of lancehead genus Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Ilha dos Franceses, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4097 (4): 511–529 [Erratum in Zootaxa 4105 (5): 500]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:87T3R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.