Bothrocophias microphthalmus explained

Bothrocophias microphthalmus, or the small-eyed toad-headed pit viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.^[1] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Geographic range

B. microphthalmus is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

The type locality is "between Balsa Puerto and Moyobamba, Peru".

Description and Characteristics

The small eyed toad headed pit viper

Further reading

• 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).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]