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    Species Accepted

    Lachesis muta (Linnaeus, 1766)

    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      36 results
      Atlantic Forest bushmaster
      Bico-de-Jaca Portuguese
      Bosadder Afrikaans
      Bosmeester Dutch
      Bushmaster English
      Cobra-Topete Portuguese
      Cuaima; Guayma concha de piña Spanish
      Cuiama-Pina Portuguese
      Daya Portuguese
      Grage grands carreaux French

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      130 results
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      Filho, Gentil; Silvaney Sousa, Abimael Sousa, Abraão Barbosa, Frederico França, Marco Freitas. (2020). The Distribution of Lachesis muta (Linnaeus, 1766) in the Atlantic Forest of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 13: 565-569.
      MURPHY R. W., SMITH A. and NGO A. (2007). The versions of Cope’s Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 7 (1):
      Cortés Gómez, Angela María; Anyelet Valencia Aguilar, Diana Marcela Torres Domínguez, Lina María García Calderón, Diego Fernando Villaquirán Martínez, Andrea del Pilar Cáceres Franco, Fernando Castro Herrera. (2010). Guía de los anfibios y reptiles. Área en conservación de la microcuenca Quebrada Pericos. [Valle de Cauca, Colombia]. Corporación Autónoma Regional Del Valle Del Cauca, Santiago de Cali: CVC, 37 Pp.
      Moraes LJCL, Almeida AP, Fraga R, Rojas RR, Pirani RM, Silva AAA, de Carvalho VT, Gordo M, & Werneck FP. (2017). Integrative overview of the herpetofauna from Serra da Mocidade, a granitic mountain range in Northern Brazil . ZooKeys 715: 103-159.
      Bentley AG, Reyes-Puig JP, Hidalgo AB, Altamirano JAH, Barragan-Paladines ME, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Almeida-Reinoso D, Guerra MA, Arboleda J, Culebras J, Fiallos Moreno DA, Sáenz J, Yoder PM, Best D, Vizcarra Vasconez RS, Peñafiel Flores MG, Franchini A, Carlson E, Segovia Larrea JI, et al. (2025). Snake (Serpentes, Reptilia) diversity in Mera, Ecuador: a citizen‑science approach to surveying a biodiversity hotspot of the western Amazon. Check List 21(5): 945-969.
      Shaw, G. (1802). General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615.
      Barbour, & Thomas. (1930). The bushmaster in the Canal Zone. Bull. Antivenin Inst. America 4 (1): 11.
      Duellman, W.E., & Salas, A.W. (1991). Annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Cuzco Amazonico, Peru. Occas. Papers Mus. Of Natur. Hist., Univ. Of Kansas, Lawrence (143): 13 Pp.
      Citeli, N., de-Carvalho, M., Moreira de Carvalho, B., Figueiredo Mafra Magalhães, M. d. A., & Bochner, R. (2020). Bushmaster bites in Brazil: Ecological modelling and spatial analysis to improve human health measures. Cuad. Herp. 34 (2):

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