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Venezuela Lancehead

Bothrops venezuelensis Sandner-Montilla 1952

Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: N Venezuela (Lara [Esqueda & La Marca 1999])
Type locality: œBoca de Tigre, Serranía de El Avila, Distrito Federal, Venezuela.
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Common Names

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Venezuelan lancehead

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Distribution

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Northern and central part of Venezuela, including the Cordillera de la Costa and the states of Aragua, Carabobo, the Federal District, Miranda, Mérida, Trujillo, Lara, Falcón, Yaracuy, and Sucre (McDiarmid et al. 1999).

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Types: none specified in original description

Type-locality: "Boca de Tigre" (Venezuela)

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Bothrops venezuelensis

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Bothrops venezuelensis, or the Venezuelan lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[1] It is endemic to South America.[2]

Toxicology

There is not much known about the dangerousness of the venom to humans, but potentially lethal envenoming is possible. The venom of B. venezuelensis contains procoagulants,[3] possibly also myotoxins and cytotoxic substances.[4] This species is associated with a high snakebite-related morbidity and mortality in Venezuela, there's a report of a patient bitten by a juvenile, he had local swelling, severe pain, endothelial damage, excessive fibrinolysis, and incoagulable blood within 1.5 hours after the bite. He also had AKI with macroscopic hematuria, fluid overload resulted in pulmonary edema, requiring intermittent ventilation and diuretic treatment with furosemide.[5]

Geographic range

It is found in Colombia and northern Venezuela.

The type locality is " 'Boca de Tigre', Serranía de El Avila, Distrito Federal, Venezuela ".[6]

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Bothrops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
  3. ^ DocCheck Flexikon: Bothrops venezuelensis (German)
  4. ^ WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources: Bothrops venezuelensis
  5. ^ Fuchs, Joan; Faber, Katrin; Tuchscherer, Daniel T.; Tsakiris, Dimitrios A.; Weiler, Stefan; Hofer, Katharina E. (June 2020). "Bite by a juvenile Bothrops venezuelensis (Venezuelan lancehead) resulting in severe envenomation: A case report". Toxicon. 180: 39–42. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.04.002. ISSN 1879-3150. PMID 32289355. S2CID 215774082.
  6. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Bothrops venezuelensis: Brief Summary

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Bothrops venezuelensis, or the Venezuelan lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. It is endemic to South America.

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