REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: VIPERIDAE: Lachesis

Lachesis muta Author and date

Bushmaster

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Diagnosis: The largest venomous snake in the New World. Bushmasters have rounded, stud-like scales on a tan body with dark crossband.

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Literature:  

Campbell, Jonathan and William Lamar. 2004. The venomous reptiles of Western Hemisphere. Two volumes. Comstock Cornell University Press.