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Inca Forest Pit Viper

Bothrops oligolepis

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Viperidae

Common names: Peruvian forest-pitviper. Bothrops oligolepis is a venomous pitviper species found in Peru and Bolivia. The specific name is derived from the Greek words oligo and lepis, meaning "few scales"; likely referring to the lower numbers of dorsal and ventral scales that it has compared to B.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1