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Bothrocophias Campbelli
''Bothrocophias campbelli'', commonly known as Campbell's toadheaded viper, the Ecuadorian toadheaded pitviper, and ''víbora boca de sapo'' in Spanish, is a species of venomous pitviper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to South America.Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). ''The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere''. 2 volumes. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1,500 plates. . No subspecies are currently recognized. Etymology ''Bothrocophias campbelli'' was named in honor of American herpetologist Jonathan A. Campbell. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Bothrocophias campbelli'', p. 46). Description The total length (including tail) of the specimens of ''B. campbelli'' which are available ranges from the type specimen, an adult male ( Freire-Lascano, 1991), to for a large gravid female (Freire-Lascano & Kuch, 2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rances Caicedo-Portilla
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |