''Bothriechis nitidus'' is a species of arboreal

pit viper The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . or pit adders, are a subfamily (biology), subfamily of Viperidae, vipers found in Asia and the ...

endemic to an area of 37,400 km² in the humid forests of west-central Ecuador. Although once listed as a synonym of ''

Bothriechis schlegelii ''Bothriechis schlegelii'', known commonly as the highland eyelash-pitviper, Schlegel's eyelash-pitviper, or eyelash viper, is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae, native to Colombia. Somewhat small, arboreal snakes, ''B. schlegelii ...

'', it was revalidated in a 2024 revision of the latter species.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q124835276 nitidus Reptiles described in 1859 Snakes of South America Endemic fauna of Ecuador