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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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Foto
Photography ID: 514003
  Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Rasa
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/27/2022
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 508174
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/18/2022
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 508172
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/18/2022
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 366073
  Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
11/16/2019
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 366072
  Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
11/16/2019
Diego Oscar



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245238526/03/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdices1Diego Oscar
240436727/12/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Diego Oscar
228732010/05/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Diego Oscar
225705025/02/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, Ceibas1Diego Oscar
225633322/02/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)3Diego Oscar
225614419/02/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Diego Oscar
223915718/01/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Diego Oscar
220722507/12/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosCamping Grünwald, Villa Paranacito1Diego Oscar
220326830/11/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Diego Oscar
203574213/05/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta Rasa1Diego Oscar
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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 29/03/2026.