Species

Lachesis melanocephala

Lachesis melanocephala · described by SOLÓRZANO & CERDAS 1986

Lachesis melanocephala — Photo: Goodshort, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Lachesis melanocephala
First described: SOLÓRZANO & CERDAS 1986
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Lachesis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

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