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Bothrops leucurus (White-tailed lancehead; Whitetail Lancehead)

Synonyms: Bothrops pradoi; Trimeresurus pradoi

Wikipedia Abstract

Bothrops pradoi is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
View Wikipedia Record: Bothrops leucurus

Attributes

Gestation [1]  3 months 24 days
Litter Size [1]  12
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bahia coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pernambuco coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Reproduction in Neotropical Pitvipers, with Emphasis on Species of the Genus Bothrops, Selma Maria Almeida-Santos and Maria da Graca Salomão, Biology of Vipers, p. 445-462, 2002
♦ 2Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0