Bothrops

"Bothrops" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A genus of poisonous snakes of the VIPERIDAE family. About 50 species are known and all are found in tropical America and southern South America. Bothrops atrox is the fer-de-lance and B. jararaca is the jararaca. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336)

Descriptor ID	D017837
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.833.672.875.200
Concept/Terms	Bothrops Bothrops Bothrops jararaca Bothrops jararaca Jararaca Fer-de-Lance Fer-de-Lance Fer de Lance Fer-de-Lances

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Reptiles [B01.050.150.900.833]
Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672]
Viperidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.875]
Bothrops [B01.050.150.900.833.672.875.200]

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