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New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by Cro on July 1, 2008
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A new photo has been posted in the Snakes for Identification Section of the Photo Album.
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/showfilepage/6253?offset=88
Rincon de la Vieja national park, in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. Lady is wondering if it might be a baby fer-de-lance or some other species of pit viper.
Unfortunatly, the photo is very blurry..........
So folks, what do you think ?
Best Regards John Z
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by FLherp on July 1, 2008
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John, Blurry phot, but maybe a Crotalus durissus, they are found in Guanacaste...A better phot would help.
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by LarryDFishel on July 1, 2008
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C. durissus, one of the Neotropical Rattlesnakes, but I still haven't learned to tell the subspecies apart.
Either way, about as dangerous.
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by Cro on July 1, 2008
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Jeffrey, I think you are right about the snake being a juvenile Neotropical Rattlesnake.
The striping on the neck, and the facial pattern match, and the range is correct.
In looking through Solorzano's book, I really do not see any other strong possibilities.
Too bad the photo is so blurry, and did not include the tip of the tail.
Best Regards John Z
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by FLVenom911 on July 1, 2008
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It's for sure Crotalus simus. Bothrops asper is absent from the dry pacific forest which makes of the Guanacaste region of northwestern Costa Rica.
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by LarryDFishel on July 1, 2008
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I was trying to decide whether to mention after a little research that it might be C. simus (which used to be C. durissus somethingus) or just wait for Joe, when my comuter went into coma...
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by puffadder7 on July 1, 2008
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thats a neotropical it has a ridge down its back which no other rattlesnakes have,arin
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by FLherp on July 2, 2008
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John, Larry, and Joe,
I am getting too lazy to look up info in multiple references. Solarzano (2004) has it listed as a Crotalus durissus, Campbell and Lamar (2004) revised this and it is now C. simus (particularly C. simus culminatus). Thanks Joe.
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RE: New Costa Rican Snake in need of Identifiction
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by FLherp on July 2, 2008
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Here is the ITIS link:
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=727497
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