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Species
Critically EndangeredGolden Lancehead
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyViperidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Viperidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MVZ, CM, UTA, USNM, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- Brazil, BréSil
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- taxon name
- Bothrops insularis
- Commons category
- Bothrops insularis
- endemic to
- Ilha da Queimada Grande
- taxon common name
- Queimada Island Bothrops
- egg incubation period
- 135
- litter size
- 7
- taxon range
- Brazil
- short name
- B. insularis
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Encyclopedic overview
The golden lancehead (Bothrops insularis) is an extremely venomous pit viper species 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. The common name of the species refers to the light yellowish-brown color of its underside and for its lance-like head shape that is characteristic of the genus Bothrops. No subspecies of B. insularis are recognized as being valid. It is one of the most venomous snakes in Latin America.
Physical morphology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bothrops insularis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.