Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913)

Type locality. Núcleo colonial Cruz Machado, Mallet, state of Paraná, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Argentina and Brazil (Plt. 57A). In Brazil recorded mostly in Araucaria Forest, with marginal records in the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 57A), mostly at high elevations (Plt. 57B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Campbell and Lamar (2004). Observed in the field in open grasslands, in montane broadleaf forest and Araucaria forest (Martins et al., 2002).