Bothrops punctatus

Juvenile Chocoan Lancehead, Bothrops punctatus - a rare arboreal pit-viper inhabiting extreme eastern Panama, western Colombia, and northwest Ecuador.

 

Live specimen courtesy of Alejandro Arteaga and Lucas M. Bustamante-Enríquez of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE).

 

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