Bothrocophias microphthalmus, or the small-eyed toad-headed pit viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Bothrocophias |
| Species: | B. microphthalmus
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| Bothrocophias microphthalmus Cope, 1875
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Geographic range
editB. microphthalmus is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
The type locality is "between Balsa Puerto and Moyobamba, Peru".[1]
Description and Characteristics
editThe small eyed toad headed pit viper
References
edit- ^ a b "Bothrocophias microphthalmus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Bothrocophias ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
Further reading
edit- Cope ED. 1875. "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and Western Peru". J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (2) 8: 159–183. (Bothrops microphthalmus, new species, pp. 182–183).
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