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Bothrops brazili HOGE, 1954

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brazil's Lancehead
Portuguese: Jararaca, Jararaca-Vermelha, Jararacuçu, Jararacuçu, Surucucurana-de-Fogo, Surucucu-Vermelha 
SynonymBothrops brazili HOGE 1954
Bothrops brazili — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Bothrops brazili — WELCH 1994: 33
Bothrops brazili — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 258
Bothrops brazili — FENWICK et al. 2009
Bothrops brazili — CARRASCO et al. 2012
Bothrops brazili — WALLACH et al. 2014: 116
Bothrops brazili — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionS/SE Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, S Colombia, Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondonia, N Mato Grosso), E Ecuador ( [HR 35: 189]), NE/E Peru, N Bolivia

Type locality: Tomé Assú, Rio Acará-Mirim, Estado Pará, Brazil.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP (= IB) 14.721. 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous!

Distribution: see map in Del Vechio et al. 2021: 2426 (Fig. 6). 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha, founder and former director of the Instituto (Seroterápico) de Butantan, NOT the species’ distribution in Brazil. 
References
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