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Bothrops alternatus
Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Yarará Grande
Urutú
Family: Viperidae
Order: Squamata
Class: Reptilia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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DANGEROUS

Other common names: Yarará Picuda, Víbora De La Cruz, Picuda Del Delta, Crucera, Víbora De La Cruz.

Synonyms: Rhinocerophis alternatus.


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Photography ID: 69509
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/08/2014
Nicolas Olejnik
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Photography ID: 69488
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/15/2014
Nicolas Olejnik



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
227260812/04/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria - Costanera Norte (RECU-CN)1Nicolas Olejnik
215761425/09/2024ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Nicolas Olejnik
204088206/06/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El Palmar1Nicolas Olejnik
45039208/07/2016ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Nicolas Olejnik
20011315/11/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
19948414/11/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosRuta 11, entre Victoria y GualeguayNicolas Olejnik
20021608/11/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
19676207/11/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasNicolas Olejnik
14948909/01/2010ArgentinaEntre RíosVilla ParanacitoNicolas Olejnik
14949112/10/2009ArgentinaBuenos AiresVuelta de Obligado (San Pedro)Nicolas Olejnik
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Bibliography related


Artículo Fenwick, A.M., Gutberlet JR., R.L., Evans J.A. & Parkinson, C.L. 2009. Morphological and molecular evidence for phylogeny and classiûcation of South American pitvipers, genera Bothrops, Bothriopsis, and Bothrocophias (Serpentes: Viperidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 156:617-640.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Bothrops alternatus - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.