Bothrops cotiara

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Bothrops
Species: Bothrops cotiara

• Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913)

Lectotype: IB 452. [designated by Hoge & Belluomini (1959: 201)]

Type locality: “Nucleo Colonial Cruz Machado”, correct to “Cruz Machado (26º01’ S, 51º20’ W, 940 m), estado do Paraná, Brasil” by Franco, Germano & Martão (2005: 76).

Paralectotype: IB 450.

• Lachesis cotiara Gomes, 1913: 65 [original combination]
• Bothrops cotiara – Amaral, 1925: 53 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinocerophis cotiara — Fenwick et al. 2009: 630 [subsequent combination]

• Gomes, J.F. 1913. Uma nova cobra venenosa do Brasil. Annaes Paulistas de Medicina e Cirurgia 1(3): 65–67. Reference page. 
• Amaral, A. 1925. A general consideration of snake poisoning and observations on neotropical pitvipers. Contribution to the Harvard Institute of Tropical Biology and Medicine 2: 1–64. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hoge, A.R. & Belluomini, H.E. [1957/1958] 1959. Uma nova espécie de Bothrops do Brasil (Serpentes). Memórias do Instituto Butantan 28: 195–206.
• Franco, F.L., Germano, V.J. & Martão, L.R. 2005. Notas sobre o Lectótipo de Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913) (Serpentes, Viperidae). Phyllomedusa 4(1): 75–77. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p75-78
• Fenwick, A.M., Gutberlet Jr., R.L., Evans, J.A. & Parkinson, C.L. 2009. Morphological and molecular evidence for phylogeny and classification of South American pitvipers, genera Bothrops, Bothriopsis, and Bothrocophias (Serpentes: Viperidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(3): 617–640. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00495.x Reference page. 

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Bothrops cotiara. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 June 2018.