🐍Golden lancehead

Bothrops insularis (Amaral, 1922)

Златна змия (Bothrops Insularis). Синоними: Островен Ботропс, Жарарака Кемада, Островна Жарарака, Златен Ботропс. Видът е описан през 1921 година, класифициран — 1922 година. Първоначално е смятан за подвид на Бразилски Ботропс, но впоследствие е класифициран като отделен вид.

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vs you

≈ 1/74th of your weight

Also called

Bothrops insularis

Conservation status

CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

Body mass: 0.84 kg
Body length: 1.18 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Golden lancehead

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass

0.84 kgmaximum recorded

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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Body length

1.18 mmaximum recorded

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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous

Yes

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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l

0.8 Laverage

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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Golden lancehead yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumChordata
subphylumCraniata
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superclassSarcopterygii
superclassTetrapoda
orderSauria
superorderLepidosauria
orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
familyViperidae
subfamilyCrotalinae

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In other languages

jararaca-ilhoa (pt), arany lándzsakígyó (hu), златна змия (bg), Insel-Lanzenotter (de), jararaca-ilhoa (fr), Bothropoides insularis (it) … and 16 more languages