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    Species Accepted

    Lachesis melanocephala Solórzano & Cerdas, 1986

    Black-headed bushmaster
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Lachesis
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Black-headed bushmaster English
      Cascabel muda Spanish
      Matabuey Spanish
      Plato Negro Spanish
      Schwarzkopf-Buschmeister German
      Vipera dei cespugli testanera Italian
      feketefejű némacsörgőkígyó Hungarian
      křovinář černohlavý Czech
      matabuey negra Spanish
      黑頭巨蝮 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      20 results
      Barrio-Amorós, Cesar L.; Greivin Corrales, Sylvia Rodríguez , Jaime Culebras, Quetzal Dwyer, Diego Alejandro Flores. (2020). The Bushmasters (Lachesis spp.): Queens of the rainforest. An overview of the taxonomy, distribution, natural history, lore, and conservation of the largest vipers in the world. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (3): 358-381.
      Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. (2025). Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): E64536-E64536.
      Zamudio, KELLY R. & HARRY W. GREENE. (1997). Phylogeography of the bushmaster (Lachesis muta: Viperidae): implications for neotropical biogeography, systematics, and conservation. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 62 (3): 421-442.
      Solórzano, A., & CERDAS, L. (1986). A new subspecies of the bushmaster, Lachesis muta, from Southeastern Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology 20 (3): 463-466.
      Dwyer, Q. & M. Perez. (2009). Geographic distribution: Lachesis melanocephala. Herpetological Review 40 (1): 114.
      Laita, & Mark. (2013). Serpentine. Abrams and PQ Blackwell, Auckland, New Zealand, 200 Unnumbered Pages.
      Solorzano, A. (2004). Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 Pp.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      O’Shea, M. (2018). The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London,.
      Porras, L. W., & Solórzano, A. (2006). Costa Rica’s venomous snakes. Reptilia (GB) (48): 11-17.

      Citation

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