Fer-de-lance
Bothrops asper
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Bothrops
- Continents
- North America, South America
- Countries
- 10
- How common
- Common
About
Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 39 more. Common: recorded in 1210 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
Related snakes
- Bothrops sonene
- Brazil's Lancehead (oligobalius) Bothrops oligobalius
- Jabre’s Lancehead Bothrops jabrensis
- Moela’s lancehead Bothrops germanoi
- Marajó Lancehead Bothrops marajoensis
- Caatinga Lancehead Bothrops erythromelas
- Golden Lancehead Bothrops insularis
- Desert Lancehead Bothrops pictus
- Bolivian Lancehead Bothrops sanctaecrucis
- Cotiara Bothrops cotiara
- Fonseca's Lancehead Bothrops fonsecai
- Sao Paulo Lancehead Bothrops itapetiningae
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.