Bothriechis marchi

Marchs Palm Lanzenotter ( Bothriechis marchi ) is a species of palm Terciopelos ( Bothriechis ) within the pit vipers ( Crotalinae ). Its distribution area is limited to the lowland parts of Honduras and Guatemala.

Features

Marchs Palm Lanzenotter reaches a body length of up to about 80 centimeters, with individual copies and up to a meter are long. She has, however, light brown or green as adult animal a green ground color, young snakes are. The belly is yellowish green, and the tail is black. As a rule, the snake has a full-grown animal no drawing in young snakes dark brown or bluish longitudinal smudge appears on the back. The head is unmarked on the top and uniformly green, with young snakes with brown spots; a temple strap is also available only in young snakes. The iris is yellow or green-yellow, bronze when young snakes.

Distribution and habitat

The distribution of snake is restricted to the lowland parts of Honduras and Guatemala at altitudes from 500 to 1500 m.

System

Marchs fer de lance is one of seven species of palm Terciopelos ( Bothriechis ) and thus the American pit vipers. Until a few years the entire genus was assigned to the American Terciopelos ( Bothrops ). After the revision of the former wholesale genus by Burger in 1971 and Steven D. Werman 1992, the assignment was made as a separate genus.

Within the Palm Terciopelos it represents the sister species of from the yellow-green palm Lanzenotter (B. lateralis) and two-colored Palm Lanzenotter (B. bicolor) is formed taxon, with whom she shares especially common characteristics of the body and head scalation and molecular biological characteristics.

Ophryacus undulatus (as sister species )

Eyelash viper ( B. schlegelii )

Schwarzgefleckte Palm Lanzenotter (B. nigroviridis )

Rowley's Palm Lanzenotter (B. rowleyi )

Gelbgefleckte Palm Lanzenotter (B. aurifer )

Green Yellow Palm Lanzenotter (B. lateralis)

Two-color Palm Lanzenotter (B. bicolor)

Marchs Palm Lanzenotter (B. marchi )

Snake venom

Venoms of pit vipers contain a mixture of enzymes, low molecular weight polypeptides, metal ions and other, in their function so far poorly understood components. Just as diverse are the effects of these toxins. As with all species of the genus, the venom of March's Palm Lanzenotter corresponding tissue destructive and neurotoxic components.