Venom researchers are notoriously out of date regarding the taxonomy of the snakes studied, and even worse the editors of journals are just as hopeless. This is even at the one that specialises in toxins,! This sad state of affairs makes the data published essentially worthless since if the snake has not been identified properly, the results are unlikely to be reproduceable.

The below tables deal with the main problem areas. The tables have been graciously constructed by Dr. Wolfgang Wuster

Asian pit-vipers (formerly in the Agkistrodon genus)

Golay et al., 1993	Bour, 1993	Zhao and Adler, 1993	Gloyd and Conant, 1990	Harding and Welch, 1980	Ineich and David, 1999	Suggested usage (W. Wüster, "best guess")
A. blomhoffi blomhoffi			A. blomhoffii blomhoffii, A. affinis	A. blomhoffii blomhoffii	Gloydius blomhoffii blomhoffii and G. tsushimaensis	Gloydius blomhoffii blomhoffii and G. tsushimaensis
A. blomhoffi brevicaudus		A. blomhoffii brevicaudus	A. blomhoffii brevicaudus	A. blomhoffii brevicaudus	Gloydius blomhoffii brevicaudus	Gloydius blomhoffii brevicaudus
A. blomhoffi dubitatus		A. blomhoffii brevicaudus	A. blomhoffii dubitatus		Gloydius blomhoffii brevicaudus	?
A. blomhoffi siniticus		A. blomhoffii brevicaudus	A. blomhoffii siniticus	A. blomhoffii brevicaudus	Gloydius blomhoffii brevicaudus	?
A. halys halys	A. halys mogoi	A. halys halys	A. halys halys	A. halys halys	Gloydius halys mogoi	Gloydius halys mogoi
A. halys caraganus	A. halys halys		A. halys caraganus	A. halys caraganus	Gloydius halys halys	Gloydius halys halys
A. halys cognatus	A. halys cognatus	A. intermedius	A. halys cognatus		Gloydius intermedius	?
A. intermedius intermedius		A. intermedius	A. intermedius intermedius	A. halys intermedius	Gloydius intermedius	Gloydius intermedius
A. intermedius caucasicus			A. intermedius caucasicus	A. halys caucasicus	Gloydius halys caucasicus	?
A. intermedius stejnegeri		A. intermedius	A. intermedius stejnegeri		Gloydius intermedius	?
A. saxatilis		A. saxatilis	A. intermedius saxatilis	A. saxatilis	Gloydius saxatilis	Gloydius saxatilis
A. ussuriensis		A. ussuriensis	A. caliginosus, A. blomhoffii ussuriensis	A. caliginosus, A. halys ussuriensis	Gloydius ussuriensis	Gloydius ussuriensis

 

American lance-headed vipers

Freire (1991)	Campbell and Lamar, 1989, 1992*	Schätti and Kramer, 1993; Golay et al., 1993	Werman, 1992	David and Ineich, 1999	Suggested use (W. Wüster, best guess)
	Bothrops asper (Central America)	Bothrops atrox atrox		Bothrops asper	Bothrops asper
Bothrops asper, B. xanthogrammus	Bothrops asper (western South America)	Bothrops atrox xanthogrammus		Bothrops asper	Bothrops asper
Bothrops campbelli	Bothrops pulcher	Porthidium almawebi		Bothrops campbelli	Bothrops campbelli (specific name confirmed by ruling of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature)
	Bothrops microphthalmus	Porthidium microphthalmum		Bothrops microphthalmus	Bothrops microphthalmus
	Bothrops microphthalmus colombianus
#Bothrops colombianus	Porthidium colombianum		Bothrops colombianus	Bothrops colombianus
	Porthidium nummifer, P. olmec, P. picadoi	Porthidium nummifer, P. olmec, P. picadoi	Atropoides nummifer, A. olmec, A. picadoi	Atropoides nummifer, A. olmec, A. picadoi	Atropoides nummifer, A. olmec, A. picadoi
Bothrops (part)	Bothriopsis	Bothriechis (part)	Bothriopsis	Bothrops	Bothrops
	Bothriopsis albocarinata	Bothriechis oligolepis albocarinatus		Bothrops albocarinatus	Bothrops pulcher (specific name confirmed by ruling of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature)
	Bothriopsis oligolepis	Bothriechis oligolepis oligolepis		Bothrops oligolepis	Bothrops oligolepis
	Bothriopsis peruviana	Bothriechis oligolepis oligolepis		Bothrops peruvianus	Bothrops peruvianus
Bothrops osbornei	Bothriopsis punctata	Bothriechis punctatus mahnerti		Bothrops punctatus	Bothrops osbornei (status as species distinct from B. punctatus to be clarified)