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Terciopelo

Bothrops asper

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 316, February 228, March 289, April 161, May 239, June 288, July 181, August 180, September 129, October 114, November 188, December 210.
Costa Rica2,523
Provincia Puntarenas975
Colombia652
Provincia Heredia529
Mexico469
Provincia Alajuela465
Panama388
Ecuador361
Provincia Limón348
Antioquia241

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Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyVipers · Viperidae
GenusJararacas · Bothrops

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