Bothrops taeniatus, the speckled forest-pitviper,[2] is a species of pit viper found in the equatorial forests of South America endemic to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, And Brazil.

The specific name, taenia, is derived from the Greek word, tainia, meaning ribbon bandage or stripe, in reference to the slender body.

[2] Widespread in the equatorial forests of South America in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.

[2] Only two cases of bites from this species have been documented, and both involved severe local swelling of the entire bitten limb.

In the second case, the tissue damage was so severe that it led to amputation of the afflicted limb despite antivenin treatment.