Genus Bothrops
(lanceheads)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Lepidosauria (amphisbaenians, lizards, snakes, and tuataras)
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  Order Squamata (amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Scleroglossa (geckos, amphisbaenians, skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Suborder Autarchoglossa (skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Infraorder Anguimorpha
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  Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Serpentes (snakes)
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  Superfamily Xenophidia (colubrids, vipers, and relatives)
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  Family Viperidae (pit vipers and vipers)
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  Genus Bothrops (lanceheads)
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  Species Bothrops alternatus
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  Species Bothrops ammodytoides
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  Species Bothrops andianus
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  Species Bothrops asper (fer-de-lance)
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  Species Bothrops atrox (common lancehead)
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  Species Bothrops barnetti
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  Species Bothrops brazili
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  Species Bothrops campbelli
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  Species Bothrops caribbaeus
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  Species Bothrops colombianus
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  Species Bothrops colombiensis
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  Species Bothrops cotiara
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  Species Bothrops erythromelas
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  Species Bothrops fonsecai
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  Species Bothrops hyoprora
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  Species Bothrops iglesiasi
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  Species Bothrops insularis
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  Species Bothrops itapetiningae
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  Species Bothrops jararaca
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  Species Bothrops jararacussu
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  Species Bothrops jonathani
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  Species Bothrops lanceolatus
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  Species Bothrops leucurus
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  Species Bothrops lojanus
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  Species Bothrops marajoensis
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  Species Bothrops microphthalmus
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  Species Bothrops moojeni
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  Species Bothrops neuwiedi
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  Species Bothrops pictus
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  Species Bothrops pirajai
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  Species Bothrops pradoi
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  Species Bothrops sanctaecrucis
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  Species Bothrops venezuelensis