Bothrops ophryomegas Bocourt (Serpentes: Viperidae) en Costa Rica: distribución, lepidosis, variación sexual y cariotipo / Bothrops ophryomegas Bocourt (Serpentes: Viperidae) in Costa Rica: distribution, lepidosis, sexual variation and karyotype

ABSTRACT

The distributions, karyotype and morphological characteristics of Bothrops ophryomegas from Costa Rica are discribed. This species presents a conspicuous sexual dimorphism and dichromatism. It is distributed in the dry forest areas of Guanacaste and Puntarenas. Its karyotype is indistnguisable from those discribed for other crotaline species.