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    Sexual maturity of Bothrops asper (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Costa Rica
    (University of São Paulo, 2023) Karina Maria Pereira da Silva; Selma Maria Almeida‐Santos; Carlos Bravo-Vega; Mahmood Sasa
    Córdoba et al. 2017). The species exhibits cryptic habits and adapts very well to disturbed environments such as agricultural areas (Sasa et al. 2009).These features, added to its high prolificacy, make B. asper responsible for the highest snakebite incidence throughout its distribution (Sasa et al. 2009).It is not surprising that it is a snake of great medical importance that has monopolized epidemiological and toxicological studies in the region (Saldarriaga et al. 2003,