矛頭蝮長75–125釐米。矛頭蝮的背上環斑可融入雨林的落葉地表，幫助牠們長時間等候獵物。矛頭蝮受干擾時會像響尾蛇一樣舉起尾巴發聲警告入侵者(尾部無響環)。矛頭蝮會受人類住宅區的老鼠吸引而來到人類的住所，容易咬傷人類。矛頭蝮的毒液會瓦解傷口周遭的組織，毒液還會隨著血液蔓延破壞血液組織，最後導致心臟及腎臟衰竭。
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矛頭蝮
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科學分類 
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| 界：
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動物界 Animalia
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| 門：
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脊索動物門 Chordata
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| 綱：
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爬蟲綱 Reptilia
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| 目：
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有鱗目 Squamata
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| 亞目：
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蛇亞目 Serpentes
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| 科：
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蝰科 Viperidae
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矛頭蝮屬 Bothrops
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| 種：
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矛頭蝮 B. atrox
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| 二名法
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Bothrops atrox
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| 異名
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- Coluber atrox Linnaeus, 1758
- [Coluber] ambiguus Gmelin, 1788
- Vipera Weigeli Daudin, 1803
- Cophias holocericeus
Wied-Neuwied, 1821
- Trigonoceph[alus]. atrox
– Schinz, 1822
- Vipera atrox Weigelii – Schinz, 1822
- Trigonoceph[alus]. holocericeus
– Schinz, 1822
- Bothrops furia Wagler, 1824
- Bothrops tessellatus Wagler, 1824
- Craspedocephalus atrox
– Fitzinger, 1826
- Craspedocephalus Weigelii
– Fitzinger, 1826
- [Bothrops] atrox – Wagler, 1830
- [Bothrops] ambiguus – Wagler, 1830
- T[rigonocephalus]. atrox
– Schlegel, 1837
- Trigonocephalus Colombiensis Hallowell, 1845
- Bothrops affinis Gray, 1849
- Bothrops atrox var. tessellatus
– Jan & Sordelli, 1875
- Lachesis atrox – Boulenger, 1896
- Botrhops atrox – Recinos, 1913
- B[othrops]. Neuvoiedii Venezuelenzi Briceño Rossi, 1934
- Trimeresurus atrox
– Schmidt & Walker, 1943
- Bothrops atrox atrox – Hoge, 1952
- Bothrops colombiensis – Hoge, 1966
- Bothrops atrox colombiensis
– Gubensk, Turk & Drujan, 1978
- Bothrops isabelae
Sandner-Montilla, 1979
- Bothrops lanceolatus aidae
Sandner-Montilla, 1981
- B[othrops]. atrox aidae
– Vanzolini, 1986
- Bothrops lanceolatus nacaritae Sandner-Montilla, 1990[1]
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McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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