| Lachesis muta
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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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Lachesis
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| Species:
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L. muta
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| Binomial name
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Lachesis muta
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| Synonyms
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- [Crotalus] mutus
Linnaeus, 1766
- [Coluber] crotalinus
Gmelin, 1788
- Scytale catenatus
Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
- Scytale ammodytes
Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
- Coluber alecto
Shaw, 1802
- Lachesis mutus
— Daudin, 1803
- Lachesis ater
Daudin, 1803
- Trigonocephalus ammodytes
— Oppel, 1811
- [Cophias] crotalinus
— Merrem, 1820
- Trigonoceph[alus]. crotalinus
— Schinz, 1822
- Lachesis muta
— Schinz, 1822
- Lachesis atra
— Schinz, 1822
- Scytale catenata
— Schinz, 1822
- Bothrops surucucu
Wagler, 1824
- C[rasedocephalus]. crotalinus
— Gray, 1825
- Lachesis mutus
— A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Lachesis mutus
— Boulenger, 1896
- Lachesis muta
— Boettger, 1898
- Lachesis muta muta
— Taylor, 1951
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Lachesis muta, also known as the Southern American bushmaster or Atlantic bushmaster, is a pit viper species found in South America, as well as the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.