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Central Ameri- can Eyelash-Pitviper

Bothriechis nigroadspersus (Steindachner, 1870)

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.

a. Adult female from a private collection in Costa Rica; b.MHCH 3269 adult from Guabito, Bocas del Toro province, Panama; c. Subadult from Parque Nacional Gandoca Manzanillo, Limón province, Costa Rica; d. Adult from a private collection in Costa Rica; e, f. Juveniles from Parque Nacional Gandoca Manzanillo, Limón province, Costa Rica; g.MHCH 3268 adult female from Portón, Chiriquí province, Panama; h.MHCH 3266 adult female from Chucantí Reserve, Darién province, Panama; i. Subadult from Parque Nacional Gandoca Manzanillo, Limón province, Costa Rica; j. Adult female from a private collection i

a. Adult female from a private collection in Costa Rica; b.MHCH 3269 adult from Guabito, Bocas del Toro province, Panama; c. Subadult from Parque Nacional Gandoca Manzanillo, Limón province, Costa Rica; d. Adult from a private collection in Costa Rica; e, f. Juveniles from Parque Nacional Gandoca Manzanillo, Limón province, Costa Rica; g.MHCH 3268 adult female from Portón, Chiriquí province, Panama; h.MHCH 3266 adult female from Chucantí Reserve, Darién province, Panama; i. Subadult from Parque Nacional Gandoca Manzanillo, Limón province, Costa Rica; j. Adult female from a private collection in Costa Rica; k. FP 001 from Cerro Gaital, Coclé province, Panama; l.MHCH 3267 juvenile male from Chucantí Reserve, Darién province, Panama. Photos by Jose Vieira.

Alejandro Arteaga, R. Alexander Pyron, Abel Batista, Jose Vieira, Elson Meneses Pelayo, Eric N. Smith, César L. Barrio Amorós, Claudia Koch, Stefanie Agne, Jorge H. Valencia, Lucas Bustamante, Kyle J. Harris · CC BY 4.0 · Image source

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Central American eyelash-pitviper (Bothriechis nigroadspersus) (from Latin, nigrum, meaning "black", and adspersus meaning "sprinkled") is a species of pit viper.

Although once listed as a synonym of Bothriechis schlegelii, it was revalidated in a 2024 revision of the latter species.

Wikipedia contributors, Bothriechis nigroadspersus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:13:49.215765+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Bothriechis nigroadspersus (Steindachner, 1870)
Name authority
(Steindachner, 1870)
Common name
Central Ameri- can Eyelash-Pitviper
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Bothriechis
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. genusBothriechis
  15. speciesBothriechis nigroadspersus (Steindachner, 1870)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Yellow-blotched Palm Pit ViperBothriechis aurifer (Salvin, 1860)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Coffee Palm ViperBothriechis lateralis Peters, 1862ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hussain’s Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis hussaini Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Khwarg’s Eyelash-Pitviper.Bothriechis khwargi Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Klebba’s Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis klebbai Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ecuadorian Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis nitidus (Günther, 1859)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Shah’s Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis rasikusumorum Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Birri Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis torvus (Posada-Arango, 1889)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guatemala Palm Pit ViperBothriechis bicolor (Bocourt, 1868)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Black-speckled Palm Pit ViperBothriechis nigroviridis Peters, 1859ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Highland Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Blotched Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis supraciliaris (Taylor, 1954)ViperidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Bothrops (Teleuraspis) nigroadspersus Steindachner, 1870 Steindachner, 1870synonym
Bothrops schlegeli Taylor, 1951 Taylor, 1951synonym
Lachesis schlegelii Boulenger, 1896 Boulenger, 1896synonym

Documented distribution

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

Mexico (from the isthmus of Tehuantepec south), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia (Caldas, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia)

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. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Bothriechis&species=nigroadspersus 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.

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:C6JSK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.