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#1715 · 🦎 reptiles

Central American Eyelash-Viper

Bothriechis nigroadspersus

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
Central American Eyelash-Viper, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Central American eyelash-pitviper ( Bothriechis nigroadspersus ) (from Latin, nigrum , meaning "black", and adspersus meaning "sprinkled") is a species of pit viper.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,767iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 7,767 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Central American Eyelash-Viper
scientific name
Bothriechis nigroadspersus
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Viperidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
7,767
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Viperidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1545912, Wikidata Q124835958, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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