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Bothrops lanceolatus nacaritae Sandner-Montilla, 1990 [2] Bothrops atrox — also known as the common lancehead, fer-de-lance, barba amarilla [3] and mapepire balsain — is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the tropical lowlands of northern South America east of the Andes, as well as the Caribbean island of Trinidad. [2]
Bothrops asper. Geographical range of Bothrops asper . The terciopelo ( Bothrops asper) [ note 1] is a species of pit vipers, found in Central to South Americas. At low to moderate elevations, its habitat ranges from northeastern Mexico to Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes, as well as Venezuela. [ 3] With a mass of up to 6 kilograms (13 lb), and a ...
An avoidance of an attempt to take the blade. A derobement is a reaction to the opponent's attempt to entrap, beat, press or take the blade, in a circular, lateral, vertical or diagonal motion. Detachment in a parry. A method of executing a riposte (or counter-riposte) by leaving contact with the opponent's blade. Cf.
Fer-de-Lance is the first Nero Wolfe detective novel written by Rex Stout, published in 1934 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. The novel appeared in abridged form in The American Magazine (November 1934) under the title "Point of Death". The novel was adapted for the 1936 film Meet Nero Wolfe, and it was named after a venomous snake with the same name ...
Rex Stout. Rex Todhunter Stout ( / staʊt /; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels, and 41 novellas and short stories, between 1934 and 1975.
Bothrops. Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. [ 1] The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning 'pit', and ὄψ, ops, meaning 'eye' or 'face', together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs. Members of this genus are responsible for more human ...
Citizenship. United States by naturalization. Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in New York City, and he is loath to leave his home for ...
C [ oluber ]. Tigrinus. Bothrops lanceolatus — known as the fer-de-lance, Martinican pit viper, [3] and Martinique lancehead [1] [4] [5] — is a species of pit viper endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique. [1] [4] Some reserve the common name fer-de-lance for this species, while others apply that name to other Bothrops species as well.