Lachesis muta

Linnaeus, 1766

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Southern Colombia, Eastern Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Trinidad, Peru, Northern Bolivia, Brazil and Surinam.

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Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

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Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
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