Lanceheads (Bothrops)

Lower Classification

  • Bothrops alcatraz
  • Urutu, yarará, víbora de la cruz (Bothrops alternatus)
  • Patagonian lancehead (Bothrops ammodytoides)
  • Terciopelo (preferred), Fer-de-lance (commonly used, but incorrect) (Bothrops asper)
  • Common lancehead (Bothrops atrox)
  • Patian lancehead, Ayerbe’s lancehead (Bothrops ayerbei)
  • Barnett’s lancehead (Bothrops barnetti)
  • Two-striped forest-pitviper (Bothrops bilineatus)
  • Brazil’s lancehead (Bothrops brazili)
  • Saint Lucia lancehead (Bothrops caribbaeus)
  • Bothrops chloromelas
  • Cotiara (Bothrops cotiara)
  • Painted Lancehead (Bothrops diporus)
  • Caatinga lancehead (Bothrops erythromelas)
  • Fonseca’s lancehead (Bothrops fonsecai)
  • Golden lancehead (Bothrops insularis)
  • São Paulo lancehead (Bothrops itapetiningae)
  • Jararaca (Bothrops jararaca)
  • Jararacussu (Bothrops jararacussu)
  • Cochabamba lancehead (Bothrops jonathani)
  • Fer-de-lance, Martinique lancehead (Bothrops lanceolatusT)
  • Bahia lancehead (Bothrops leucurus)
  • Cerrado lancehead (Bothrops lutzi)
  • Marajó lancehead (Bothrops marajoensis)
  • Marbled lancehead (Bothrops marmoratus)
  • Bothrops mattogrossensis
  • Venezuelan forest-pitviper (Bothrops medusa)
  • Bothrops monsignifer
  • Brazilian lancehead (Bothrops moojeni)
  • Bothrops muriciensis
  • Neuwied’s lancehead (Bothrops neuwiedi)
  • Bothrops oligobalius
  • Peruvian forest-pitviper (Bothrops oligolepis)
  • Bothrops osbornei
  • Bothrops otavioi
  • Bothrops pauloensis
  • Desert lancehead (Bothrops pictus)
  • Piraja’s lancehead (Bothrops pirajai)
  • Bothrops pubescens
  • Andean forest-pitviper (Bothrops pulcher)
  • Chocoan lancehead (Bothrops punctatus)
  • Bolivian lancehead (Bothrops sanctaecrucis)
  • Franceses Island lancehead (Bothrops sazimai)
  • Bothrops sonene
  • Speckled forest-pitviper (Bothrops taeniatus)
  • Venezuelan lancehead (Bothrops venezuelensis)