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Bushmaster
Scientific Name: Lachesis mutus
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Size: Average 2.1 meters, maximum 3.7 meters.
Appearance: The body hue is rather pale brown or pinkish, with a series of large bold dark brown or black blotches extending along the body. Its scales are extremely rough.
Type of Venom: Powerful hemotoxin, a bite from one would indeed be very serious and fatal if medical aid was not immediately available.
Nature: It lives in remote and isolated habitats and is largely nocturnal in its feeding habits; it seldom bites anyone, so few bites are recorded. Distribution: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, and Brazil.
Habitat: Found chiefly in tropical forests in their range.
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