Lachesis rhombeata Wied, 1824

Vanzolini, Paulo E. & Myers, Charles W., 2015, The Herpetological Collection Of Maximilian, Prince Of Wied (1782 - 1867), With Special Reference To Brazilian Materials, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2015 (395), pp. 1-155 : 63-65

Lachesis rhombeata Wied, 1824 Plates 43, 44

1820, 1821 Reise 1, 2: various places.

1824 Isis : 670 (listed [no diagnosis] with reference to the Abbildungen).

1824 Abbildungen: Lief. 5 (2 pls.).

1825 Beitra¨ge: 449, 605.

PRESENT STATUS: Lachesis muta rhombeata Wied, 1824 .

REMARKS: Wied’s surucucu or surukuku´ in the Reise are incidental and informal: it is there now called either by its common name or by Crotalus mutus . A proper diagnosis is contained in the text that accompanies Lieferung 5, which contains two plates; one plate (see pl. 43) is a full color view, whereas the other one (pl. 44) has detailed black and white renditions of the head (ventral, dorsal, and lateral views), body scales, and underside of tail (including a partially everted hemipenis, also shown in the color plate).

There is no way of assigning a type locality. There are no specimens in the collection.