NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Shah’s Eyelash-Pitviper
Bothriechis rasikusumorum Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Bothriechis rasikusumorum is a species of pit viper described in 2024. It is only known from the Río Magdalena watershed in Huila Department, Colombia, from the slopes of both Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental.
Bothriechis rasikusumorum is an arboreal snake that can grow to a total length of 650 mm (26 in) in males and 799 mm (31.5 in) in females.
Wikipedia contributors, Bothriechis rasikusumorum; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:59:19.681647+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bothriechis rasikusumorum Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024
- Name authority
- Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024
- Common name
- Shah’s 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyCrotalinae
- genusBothriechis
- speciesBothriechis rasikusumorum Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bothriechis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow-blotched Palm Pit ViperBothriechis aurifer (Salvin, 1860) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coffee Palm ViperBothriechis lateralis Peters, 1862 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hussain’s Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis hussaini Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Khwarg’s Eyelash-Pitviper.Bothriechis khwargi Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Klebba’s Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis klebbai Arteaga, Pyron, Batista, Vieira, Meneses-Pelayo, Smith, Barrio-Amorós, Koch, Agne, Valencia, Bustamante & Harris, 2024 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Ameri- can Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis nigroadspersus (Steindachner, 1870) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecuadorian Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis nitidus (Günther, 1859) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Birri Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis torvus (Posada-Arango, 1889) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guatemala Palm Pit ViperBothriechis bicolor (Bocourt, 1868) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-speckled Palm Pit ViperBothriechis nigroviridis Peters, 1859 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Highland Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blotched Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis supraciliaris (Taylor, 1954) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Bothriechis&species=rasikusumorum 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:C6JSP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.