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Bothrops atrox — also known as the common lancehead, fer-de-lance, barba amarilla, [3] 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. [2] No subspecies are currently recognized. [4]
The venom of the fer-de-lance is so potent that didelphine opossums (i.e., opossums like the Virginia opossum), which are normally immune to the venom of pit vipers and rattlesnakes, are still capable of succumbing to the venom of this snake. This is especially the case if the opossum is not fully grown (and thus the venom is more concentrated ...
Bothrops lanceolatus — known as the fer-de-lance, Martinican pit viper, [3] and Martinique lancehead [1] [4] [5] — is a species of pit viper endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique. [1] [4] Some reserve the common name fer-de-lance for this species, while others apply that name to other Bothrops species, as well.
Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. [1] The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning ' pit ', and ὄψ, ops, meaning ' eye ' or ' face ', together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.
After the fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), it is the most common cause of snake envenoming. In the first half of the 20th century as well as in the 1950s and 1960s, 12% of treated cases ended fatally. In the first half of the 20th century as well as in the 1950s and 1960s, 12% of treated cases ended fatally.
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, [2] [3] ... Brood sizes range from two for very small species, to as many as 86 for the fer-de-lance, ...
The Saint Lucia lancehead or Saint Lucia pit viper (Bothrops caribbaeus) is an endangered species of pit viper endemic to the island of Saint Lucia in the Lesser ...
Bothrops insularis, commonly known as the golden lancehead, [3] is a species of extremely venomous pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.The species is found exclusively on the island of Ilha da Queimada Grande, off the coast of São Paulo state, in Brazil. [3]