Bothrocophias microphthalmus

Bothrocophias microphthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Bothrops
Species:	B. microphthalmus
Binomial name
	Bothrops microphthalmus; Cope, 1875
Synonyms
	Bothrops microphthalmus Cope, 1875; Lachesis microphthalmus ; — Boulenger, 1896; Lachesis pleuroxanthus Boulenger, 1912; Porthidium microphthalmum — Schätti & Kramer, 1993; Bothrops microphthalmus ; — Welch, 1994; Bothrocophias microphthalmus ; — Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001; Bothrops microphthalmus ; — Lehr et al., 2002;

Bothrops microphthalmus, or the small-eyed toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.^[2] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.^[3]

Geographic range

B. microphthalmus is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (countries listed from north to south).

The type locality is "between Balsa Puerto and Moyabamba, Peru".^[1]

^ ^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).
^ "Bothrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.