Photo of a Jararacussu (Bothrops jararacussu)
Photo: amwendt, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Bothrops
Continents
South America
Countries
3
How common
Common

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About

Jararacussu (Bothrops jararacussu) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 29 more. Common: recorded in 137 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.

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