Fer-de-Lance

(Redirected from Fer-de-lance)

Fer-de-Lance is French for spearhead (literally "iron of the lance"), and may refer to:

Snakes of the genus Bothrops, especially:

  • B. lanceolatus, the Martinique lancehead snake
  • B. caribbaeus, the Saint Lucia lancehead
  • B. atrox, the common lancehead, native to tropical South America east of the Andes and to Trinidad
  • B. asper, the terciopelo or Central American lancehead, native to Central and northwestern South America
  • B. insularis, the golden lancehead, a critically endangered Brazilian species

Other: