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Toggle Snakes subsection. 2.1 Family Anomalepididae. 2.2 ... Lachesis melanocephala Solòrzano & Cerdas 1986 southeastern Costa Rica and adjoining areas of western ...
L. melanocephala is found in Costa Rica on the Pacific versant of southeastern Puntarenas province from near sea level to about 1500 m (about 4,900 feet). It is also found in Finca Hartmann in Panama's Chiriqui Province. The type locality given is "tropical rainforest 9 km northern of Ciudad Neily in southeastern Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa ...
It is considered the most dangerous snake in Costa Rica, responsible for 46% of all bites and 30% of all hospitalized cases; before 1947, the fatality rate was 9%, but this has since declined to almost 0% (Bolaños, 1984), mostly due to the Clodomiro Picado Research Institute, [30] responsible for the production of snake antiophidic sera (which ...
The venomous snakes of Costa Rica are often observed without issue if given a respectful distance. Among turtles, five of the world's seven species of sea turtles nest on the nation's beaches. Two crocodilians, the widespread spectacled caiman and the large, sometimes dangerous American crocodile are found in Costa Rica.
Adult specimens may exceed 100 centimetres (39 in), but are usually less than 80 centimetres (31 in) in length. These are relatively slender snakes and have a prehensile tail. [3] B. lateralis. The color pattern consists of an emerald green to bluish green ground color, overlaid with a series of yellow alternating paravertebral vertical bars.
The Guiana rattlesnake, previously recognized as C. d. dryinus, [3] is now considered a synonym for C. d. durissus.In fact, after the previous nominate subspecies for the C. d. durissus complex became the current nominate for Crotalus simus, which now represents its Mexican and Central American members, C. d. dryinus became the new nominate for the South American rattlesnakes as represented by ...
Crotalus horridus, the timber rattlesnake Rattlesnake rattling Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: ... Honduras, and Nicaragua to west-central Costa Rica [3
Common names: Middle American rattlesnake, [2] Central American rattlesnake, [4] tzabcan (local name for subspecies C. s. tzabcan) Crotalus simus is a venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Central America. The specific epithet is Latin for "flat-nosed", likely because its head is blunt compared with lanceheads .