| Bothrops atrox
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| Bothrops atrox: Note the sensory pit, the pupil of the eye, and the keeled scales. This colour variant was photographed in Ecuador.
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Squamata
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| Suborder:
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Serpentes
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| Family:
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Viperidae
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| Genus:
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Bothrops
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| Species:
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B. atrox
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| Binomial name
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Bothrops atrox
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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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.