Bothrops

Synonyms

Bothrops jararaca

Fer de Lance

Fer-de-Lance

Fer-de-Lances

Jararaca

A genus of poisonous snakes of the VIPERIDAE family. About 50 species are known and all are found in tropical America and southern South America. Bothrops atrox is the fer-de-lance and B. jararaca is the jararaca. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336)