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The Saint Lucia lancehead or Saint Lucia pit viper (Bothrops caribbaeus endangered species of pit viper endemic to the island of Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles .[2]
Description [ edit ]
The Saint Lucia lancehead can reach a total length in excess of 1.3 m (4.3 ft ).[2] [2]
Distribution and habitat [ edit ]
It is found only on Saint Lucia.[2] Bothrops lanceolatus B. atrox Bothrops species found in the Caribbean . The snake is threatened and today limited to two areas of the island.[3] Kentucky Reptile Zoo .[4]
Accidents with this pit viper are extremely rare, with only one report. The victim had local pain and edema, and after a week had developed left facial hemiplegia with facial paralysis and local bleeding, extensive swelling, edema in the abdomen and chest, necrosis and cerebral ischemia.[5]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean , Macmillan Education Ltd. , pp. 95–96, ISBN 0-333-69141-5
^ "Saving the snakes of St Lucia" , The Guardian Weekly , retrieved February 17, 2012
^ "Kentucky Reptile Zoo breeds rare island viper" .
^ Luna, K. P. O.; da Silva, M. B.; Pereira, V. R. A. (2011). "Clinical and immunological aspects of envenomations by Bothrops snakes" . Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases . 17 2 ): 130–141. doi :10.1590/S1678-91992011000200003 ISSN 1678-9199 .
Further reading [ edit ]
Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian Reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Cambridge, Mass. 24 Trigonocephalus caribbæus, sp n. ", p. 285.)
Breach, K. (2009). Quantifying the Interactions Between Humans and Endemic Pit vipers (Bothrops caribbaeus ) in Saint Lucia (MSc thesis, Imperial College London). http://www.iccs.org.uk/wp-content/thesis/consci/2009/Breach.docx
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