Citation

Bernarde PS, Negreiros de Almeida MR. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais - Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2019.08.011

PMID

31813738

Abstract

The Brazil’s lancehead (Bothrops brazili) was described by Alphonse Hoge in 1954, and the specific epithet is a tribute to Vital Brazil Mineiro de Campanha, a great Brazilian scientist and the founder of Butantan Institute (São Paulo).1 Adult specimens are usually 70 to 90 cm in length, with a record of 149 cm. Most specimens of Bothrops brazili lack a postocular stripe, and a pinkish or coppery iris color will distinguish this species from all other sympatric pit vipers ...

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