The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, or pit adders, are a subfamily of vipers found in Asia and the Americas, distinguished by the presence of a pair of heat-sensing organs located in a pit b
Ilha da Queimada Grande, more commonly referred to as Snake Island, is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. It has become famous for its abundance of snakes, hence its common name.
Pit viper
…Lanceheads Northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas) southward through Central and South America to Argentina; Saint Lucia and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles; Ilha da Queimada Grande off the coast of Brazil Calloselasma Cope, 1860 1 Malayan pit viper Southeast Asia from Thailand to northern Malaysia and Java, Indonesia Cerrophidion…
Aerial view of Ilha da Queimada Grande
The critically endangered golden lancehead (Bothrops insularis)