TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - The Brazil's Lancehead (Bothops brazili): an uncommon pit viper of the Amazonia JO - Wilderness and environmental medicine A1 - Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio A1 - Negreiros de Almeida, Marllus Rafael SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 -
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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LA - en SN - 1080-6032 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2019.08.011 ID - ref1 ER -