The snake was originally seen on a trail. It crawled off the trail and coiled a few feet away before I saw it. The first two pictures here show the snake coiled in the forest. The second two pictures were taken the next day after the snake was captured. (It was released back at the capture spot later that day.)
The snake was originally seen on a trail. It crawled off the trail and coiled a few feet away before I saw it. The first two pictures here show the snake coiled in the forest. The second two pictures were taken the next day after the snake was captured. (It was released back at the capture spot later that day.)
The snake was originally seen on a trail. It crawled off the trail and coiled a few feet away before I saw it. The first two pictures here show the snake coiled in the forest. The second two pictures were taken the next day after the snake was captured. (It was released back at the capture spot later that day.)
The snake was originally seen on a trail. It crawled off the trail and coiled a few feet away before I saw it. The first two pictures here show the snake coiled in the forest. The second two pictures were taken the next day after the snake was captured. (It was released back at the capture spot later that day.)
Deadliest snake in the Amazon and the world's largest pit viper. This 8ft specimen came charging out of a hole we had poked in trying to roust armadillos for photo ops. Instead, we got these wonderful pics of this splendid snake. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Lachesis Species: Lachesis muta Subspecies: Lachesis muta muta
Deadliest snake in the Amazon and the world's largest pit viper. This 8ft specimen came charging out of a hole we had poked in trying to roust armadillos for photo ops. Instead, we got these wonderful pics of this splendid snake. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Lachesis Species: Lachesis muta Subspecies: Lachesis muta muta
Deadliest snake in the Amazon and the world's largest pit viper. This 8ft specimen came charging out of a hole we had poked in trying to roust armadillos for photo ops. Instead, we got these wonderful pics of this splendid snake. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Lachesis Species: Lachesis muta Subspecies: Lachesis muta muta
Deadliest snake in the Amazon and the world's largest pit viper. This 8ft specimen came charging out of a hole we had poked in trying to roust armadillos for photo ops. Instead, we got these wonderful pics of this splendid snake. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Lachesis Species: Lachesis muta Subspecies: Lachesis muta muta
Deadliest snake in the Amazon and the world's largest pit viper. This 8ft specimen came charging out of a hole we had poked in trying to roust armadillos for photo ops. Instead, we got these wonderful pics of this splendid snake. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Subfamily: Crotalinae Genus: Lachesis Species: Lachesis muta Subspecies: Lachesis muta muta
Summary[edit] Description: Showing the fangs of a dead South American Bushmaster. Known also as the Mute Rattler or Cascabel Muda, this is the largest venomous snake in the western hemisphere. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/snakes/index.html. Date: 12 February 2007, 09:12. Source: Lachesis muta muta. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Bushmaster (Lachechis muta) in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Español: Serpiente de cascabel muda (Lachechis muta) en el Parque Nacional Yasuni, Ecuador. Date: 25 November 2010. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dejeuxx/5215887699/. Author: ggallice (Geoff Gallice).
Summary[edit] Description: Lachesis muta The largest of the venomous snakes in Colombian Amazon. Date: 12 February 2007, 09:12. Source: Bushmaster Fangs. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.
Summary[edit] Description: English: South American Bushmaster "Lachesis muta muta" at Nashville Zoo. Date: 16 June 2014, 15:28:23. Source: Own work. Author: Ltshears.