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Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Pitviper)

Synonyms: Bothrops microphthalmus; Lachesis microphthalmus; Lachesis pleuroxanthus

Wikipedia Abstract

Bothrops microphthalmus, or the small-eyed toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
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Attributes

Venomous [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Venomous 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