Central American Jumping Pit Viper
Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Metlapilcoatlus
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Common
About
Central American Jumping Pit Viper (Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 104 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Yucatán Tropical Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
Related snakes
- Western Jumping Pitviper Metlapilcoatlus occiduus
- Olmecan Pit Viper Metlapilcoatlus olmec
- Honduras Jumping Pit Viper Metlapilcoatlus indomitus
- Metlapilcoatlus borealis
- Bothrops sonene
- Hetfield's Bush Viper Atheris hetfieldi
- Arunachal Pitviper Trimeresurus arunachalensis
- Crotalus caliginis
- San Esteban Island Rattlesnake Crotalus estebanensis
- Veracruz Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus mictlantecuhtli
- Tehuantepec Isthmus Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus ehecatl
- Nabang Pitviper Trimeresurus caudornatus
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.