Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Several smaller islands lie off Trinidad, but snakes have been recorded on only one of them, Caledonia Island. Snakes have been recorded on one island off Tobago, Little Tobago . Four species are venomous : two coral snake species ( Micrurus spp. [ note 1 ] ), the fer-de-lance ( Bothrops atrox ) and the South American bushmaster ( Lachesis muta ).
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] No subspecies are currently recognized. [4]
Lachesis muta is the third longest venomous snake in the world, exceeded in length only by the king cobra and the black mamba. Weight in this species is estimated at an average of 3 to 5 kg (6.6 to 11.0 lb), somewhat less than the heaviest rattlesnakes (like the eastern diamondback rattlesnake ) or Bitis vipers (such as the Gaboon viper and ...
The brown-banded water snake (Helicops angulatus) is a species of aquatic snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also known as the water mapepire . [ 3 ]
This list of reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago is derived from The Reptile Database which includes a total of 116 species of reptiles recorded on Trinidad, The reptiles of Trinidad are made up of 55 species of snakes, 49 species of lizards, 3 species of crocodilians and 14 species of turtles. [1]
Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards , other snakes, small mammals [ 2 ] and probably on frogs and nestling birds , as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.
Pages in category "Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. ... Brown-banded water snake; C. Chelus orinocensis;
Trinidad, Tobago, Bocas Recorded on the islands of Monos and Gaspar Grande in the Bocas Corallus ruschenbergerii: Cascabel Dormillon; Cook's Tree Boa Trinidad, Tobago Epicrates cenchria maurus: Rainbow Boa Trinidad, Tobago, Bocas Reported from the island of Chacachacare in the Bocas, but has not been confirmed with a collection Eunectes murinas ...