Lachesis (genus)

Lachesis
	L. muta
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Keluarga:	Viperidae
Subkeluarga:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Lachesis; Daudin, 1803
Sinonim
	Lachesis Daudin, 1803; Trigonocephalus Oppel, 1811; Trigalus Rafinesque, 1815; Cophias Merrem, 1820;

Lachesis merupakan satu genus ular berbisa yang ditemui di kawasan hutan terpencil di Amerika Tengah dan Amerika Selatan. Nama genus ini bersempena salah satu daripada Tiga Nasib dalam mitos Yunani yang menentukan kepanjangan benang hayat.^[2] Kini, tiga spesies telah dikenali.^[3]

Rujukan

^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
^ "Lachesis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Dicapai pada 25 October 2006.

[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[C&L04-2] Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.

[ITIS-3] "Lachesis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Dicapai pada 25 October 2006.

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