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Common Lancehead

Bothrops atrox

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Viperidae

Bothrops atrox — also known as the common lancehead, fer-de-lance, barba amarilla, and mapepire balsain — is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the tropical lowlands of northern South America east of the Andes, as well as the Caribbean island of Trinidad. No subspecies are currently recognized. Taxonomy The common lancehead was one of the many reptile and amphibian species described by Carl Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his Systema Naturae, where it was given the binomial name Coluber atrox.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 358Peru · 245France