Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America.
1 That's a fer-de-lance!' Apparently it's the second most dangerous snake in the Amazon, after the bushmaster.
2 The fer-de-lance , so dreaded in Martinique, and the equally dangerous bushmaster of Guiana are included in this genus.
3 It's the home of the fer-de-lance .
4 It may be the shortest route, indeed;-butthen, the fer-de-lance !...
5 The fer - de - lance is the most dangerous: if you don't get anti-venom quickly you won't die, but you might lose a leg .
6 Down at bootlace level, a young fer - de - lance slithers over a knot of tree roots and conceals its deadly self beneath a mass of rotting leaves.
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