Chocoan Bushmaster
Lachesis acrochorda
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Lachesis
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Recorded in 28 places on iNaturalist
About
Chocoan Bushmaster (Lachesis acrochorda) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 7 more. Recorded in 28 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.
Related snakes
- Black-headed Bushmaster Lachesis melanocephala
- Central American Bushmaster Lachesis stenophrys
- Bushmaster Lachesis muta
- 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
- Crotalus muertensis
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.