Bothrocophias hyoprora
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| image = Bothrocophias hyoprora.jpg
| genus = Bothrocophias
| species = hyoprora
| authority = Amaral, 1935
| synonyms =
- Porthidium hyoprora – Campbell & Lamar, 1989
- Bothrocophias hyoprora – Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Bothrocophias hyoprora, or the Amazonian toad-headed pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume). It is endemic to north-western South America.{{ITIS |id=209554 |taxon=Bothrocophias |accessdate=3 November 2006}}
Geographic range
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Further reading
- Amaral, A.P. 1935. Estudos sobre ophídios neotropicos XXXIII. Novas especies de ophídios da Colombia. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9 : 219-223 + 1 Plate.
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Category:Reptiles described in 1935
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