Porthidium lansbergii rozei
| Porthidium lansbergii rozei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Porthidium |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. l. rozei
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| Trinomial name | |
| Porthidium lansbergii rozei Peters, 1968
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Porthidium lansbergii rozei, is a relatively understudied subspecies of Lansberg's hog-nosed pitvipers endemic to Venezuela.[1][2] As with all pit vipers, P. l. rozei is venomous. This subspecies was named after Janis Arnolds Roze.[3]
Description
Porthidium lansbergii rozei is distinguished from its sister subspecies via its various scale morphologies and its dark blotches.[3]
References
- ^ De arco-Rodríguez, Beatriz; Montealegre-Sánchez, Leonel; Solano-Redondo, Luis; Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Ortega, José Guillermo; Castillo, Andrés; Vargas-Zapata, Carmiña; Jiménez-Charris, Eliécer (2019-08-01). "Phylogeny and toxicological assessments of two Porthidium lansbergii lansbergii morphotypes from the caribbean region of Colombia". Toxicon. 166: 56–65. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.05.010. ISSN 0041-0101.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Porthidium lansbergii rozei". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ a b "Porthidium lansbergii". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2026-03-01.