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10-19-2004, 05:44 PM
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Help Snake id please!!!...
I found this snake in south america (pantanal ) Boliva , Brazil area.I was just out hiking and happened to just about step on this guy.found out later that anti venom was about 100 miles away.  I took pictures and the natives told me what it was in there language but i was wondering what kind it was...if anyone knew.. They said it was the #1 killer of there cattle out in the pantanal.Nasty little fangs. i found many snakes in south america i have another post here looking for another id ....Only one anaconda in the wild thats what i was lookng for ...it was about 9 feet. ....The bandage on my thumb is from a piranha bite ...ouch sharp teeth. but good eating..
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10-19-2004, 08:47 PM
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Looks to be a bothrops of some sort.... Lancehead. *shrug*
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10-19-2004, 09:40 PM
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Very good guess Michelle  It looks like a Bothrops neuwiedi bolivianus...a type of lancehead viper. Nice find! Glad ya didn't get bit. |
10-19-2004, 09:43 PM
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I guess if you are looking for a common name...Bolivian Lancehead viper is probably as close as you will get. They aren't common in the pet trade so whatever the natives said it was...run with that.
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10-19-2004, 09:43 PM
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I'm just curious as to why you were baiting the piranhas with yur thumb |
10-19-2004, 09:59 PM
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Seemed logical to me eddie. I'd definatly stick my thumb in first to test the water before going skinny dipping.
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10-19-2004, 10:30 PM
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Do you have any pictures of the anaconda? Would love to go to Brazil and catch one myself, but im mostly in Peru.
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10-19-2004, 10:47 PM
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Seemed logical to me eddie. I'd definatly stick my thumb in first to test the water before going skinny dipping.
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I'da used a not so good friend
I keep the thumb and no longer have someone I dislike trudging through the jungle with me  |
10-19-2004, 10:59 PM
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bAh correction...they do have a somewhat common name although this is the first I've seen of it after a little google work...Neuwied's Lancehead
"Bolivian lancehead" was already used for Bothrops sanctaecrucis
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10-20-2004, 12:15 AM
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