Common Name: Common Lancehead Scientific Name: Bothrops atrox Photographer: Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright: © 2005 Calvin J. Hamilton Date: 2005/07/27 Location: Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo, Maryland

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This lethal snake has a hemotoxic and cytotoxic venum in which a human fatal dose is 50-60 mg. Their bite yeilds 100-200 mg. It is found in the northern part of South America in wet deciduous and tropical forests.