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Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875) is a animal in the Viperidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875) (Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875))
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Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875)

Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875)

Bothrocophias microphthalmus, the small-eyed toad-headed pit viper, occurs in northwestern and central South America.

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Family
Genus
Bothrocophias
Order
Class
Squamata

About Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875)

Common Name

This species, Bothrocophias microphthalmus, is commonly known as the small-eyed toad-headed pit viper.

Geographic Range

Its geographic distribution includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Type Locality

Its designated type locality is "between Balsa Puerto and Moyobamba, Peru".

Photo: (c) Lineth Alexandra González Mora, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lineth Alexandra González Mora · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Viperidae Bothrocophias

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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