Bothrops atrox

Bothrops atrox
Bothrops atrox: Note the sensory pit, the pupil of the eye, and the keeled scales. This colour variant was photographed in Ecuador.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Bothrops
Species:
B. atrox
Binomial name
Bothrops atrox
Synonyms
  • Coluber atrox Linnaeus, 1758
  • [Coluber] ambiguus Gmelin, 1788
  • Vipera Weigeli Daudin, 1803
  • Cophias holocericeus
    Wied-Neuwied, 1821
  • Trigonoceph[alus]. atrox
    – Schinz, 1822
  • Vipera atrox Weigelii – Schinz, 1822
  • Trigonoceph[alus]. holocericeus
    – Schinz, 1822
  • Bothrops furia Wagler, 1824
  • Bothrops tessellatus Wagler, 1824
  • Craspedocephalus atrox
    – Fitzinger, 1826
  • Craspedocephalus Weigelii
    – Fitzinger, 1826
  • [Bothrops] atrox – Wagler, 1830
  • [Bothrops] ambiguus – Wagler, 1830
  • T[rigonocephalus]. atrox
    – Schlegel, 1837
  • Trigonocephalus Colombiensis Hallowell, 1845
  • Bothrops affinis Gray, 1849
  • Bothrops atrox var. tessellatus
    – Jan & Sordelli, 1875
  • Lachesis atrox – Boulenger, 1896
  • Botrhops atrox – Recinos, 1913
  • B[othrops]. Neuvoiedii Venezuelenzi Briceño Rossi, 1934
  • Trimeresurus atrox
    – Schmidt & Walker, 1943
  • Bothrops atrox atrox – Hoge, 1952
  • Bothrops colombiensis – Hoge, 1966
  • Bothrops atrox colombiensis
    – Gubensk, Turk & Drujan, 1978
  • Bothrops isabelae
    Sandner-Montilla, 1979
  • Bothrops lanceolatus aidae
    Sandner-Montilla, 1981
  • B[othrops]. atrox aidae
    – Vanzolini, 1986
  • Bothrops lanceolatus nacaritae Sandner-Montilla, 1990

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.

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