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

Synonyms: Rhinocerophis alternatus.


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Latest feeding records
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsÁguila Negra (Buteogallus urubitinga)10/05/2025Pablo Capovilla
BirdsÁguila Coronada (Buteogallus coronatus)24/05/2023Andrés Cecconi
ReptilesLagarto Overo (Salvator merianae)06/12/2020Lucas De Ciria
ReptilesCulebra Marrón (Paraphimophis rustica)06/12/2015Adriana Bellotti



Number of Photography: 281

Foto
Photography ID: 674619
 Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/22/2026
Santiago Juan Torres
Foto
Photography ID: 642325
  Adult
San Nicolás de los Arroyos
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/04/2025
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 640730
  Adult
Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/10/2010
Fernando Rasmussen
Foto
Photography ID: 640729
  Adult
Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/10/2010
Fernando Rasmussen
Foto
Photography ID: 636574
 Balcarce
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/31/2025
Santiago Juan Torres
Foto
Photography ID: 636043
  Adult
Reta
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/01/2025
Carlos F. Danti
Foto
Photography ID: 634474
  Adult
Palmeira
Paraná
Brazil
05/13/2025
Glauco Oliveira



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Number of Films: 15





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Number of Records: 368



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243741222/02/202610:25ArgentinaBuenos AiresTandil1Santiago Juan Torres
240436727/12/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Diego Oscar
238370306/11/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Costanera Sur, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresFernanda Ferrari
238851301/11/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresCamino del Medio y Camino de los Lagartos, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Carlos Valpreda
242616910/08/2025ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria - Costanera Norte (RECU-CN)Pablo Richter
231724204/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Parque san nicolas, San Nicolás de los ArroyosPeter Vidana
231600004/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Parque san nicolas, San Nicolás de los ArroyosGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
229380531/05/202514:47ArgentinaBuenos AiresBalcarce1Santiago Juan Torres
228762313/05/2025BrazilParanáPalmeiraGlauco Oliveira
229317610/05/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosEstancia Don Rosendo, Colonia Las Margaritas1Faustino Hollmann
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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 10/03/2026.