''Bothriechis torvus'' is a species of

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 ...

. 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. It is known from southeastern

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

and from

Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders th ...

, Colombia. ''Bothriechis torvus'' is an

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally (scansorial), but others are exclusively arboreal. The hab ...

snake that can grow to a total length of in males and in females.

References

torvus Snakes of Central America Snakes of South America Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Panama Reptiles described in 1889 {{snake-stub