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

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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.

Family
Genus
Bothrocophias
Order
Class
Squamata

About Bothrocophias microphthalmus (Cope, 1875)

This species, Bothrocophias microphthalmus, is commonly known as the small-eyed toad-headed pit viper. Its geographic distribution includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 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

More from Viperidae

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

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