ADW: Bothrops: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Order Squamata
        
        Family Viperidae
        
        Genus Bothrops
        
        Species Bothrops alcatraz
        
        Species Bothrops alternatus (Urutu)
        
        Species Bothrops ammodytoides (Yararanata)
        
        Species Bothrops andianus
        
        Species Bothrops asper (Terciopelo)
        
        Species Bothrops atrox (Barba Amarilla, Fer-de-Lance, common lancehead)
        
        Species Bothrops barnetti
        
        Species Bothrops brazili
        
        Species Bothrops caribbaeus
        
        Species Bothrops colombianus
        
        Species Bothrops colombiensis
        
        Species Bothrops cotiara
        
        Species Bothrops erythromelas
        
        Species Bothrops fonsecai
        
        Species Bothrops iglesiasi
        
        Species Bothrops insularis (Golden Lancehead)
        
        Species Bothrops itapetiningae
        
        Species Bothrops jararaca (Jararaca)
        
        Species Bothrops jararacussu
        
        Species Bothrops jonathani
        
        Species Bothrops lanceolatus
        
        Species Bothrops leucurus
        
        Species Bothrops lojanus
        
        Species Bothrops marajoensis
        
        Species Bothrops moojeni
        
        Species Bothrops muriciensis
        
        Species Bothrops neuwiedi (Jararaca Pintada)
        
        Species Bothrops pictus
        
        Species Bothrops pirajai
        
        Species Bothrops sanctaecrucis
        
        Species Bothrops venezuelensis

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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