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The Honduran milk snake is one of the larger subspecies of milk snake, attaining a length of 48 inches in the wild and some captive specimens reaching a length of 5 feet. The Honduran milk snake has a resemblance to the coral snake and this similarity in color, known as Batesian mimicry, helps protect the snake from potential predators.
Bothriechis marchi. — Campbell & Lamar, 1989. Bothriechis marchi, also known as Honduran palm pit viper and March's palm pit viper, is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake, in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Central America. [ 1][ 3][ 4] There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Description. This snake is very slender, roughly 2 cm (0.79 in) thick, and may attain a total length of about 1.5–2 m (59–79 in). The tail is long and very delicate, but mostly used to hold on while reaching for prey. The head is aerodynamically shaped and very pointy, the mouth is very large and extends almost the whole length of the head.
Agkistrodon b [ilineatus]. bilineatus – Lucas, Dupaix-Hall & Biegler, 1972[2] Common names: cantil, Mexican cantil, Mexican ground pit viper,[3] cantil viper,[4] black moccasin,[5] Mexican moccasin,[4] more. Agkistrodon bilineatus is a highly venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Central America as far south as Honduras.
Porthidium nasutum. – H.M. Smith & R.P. Smith, 1976. Common names: hognosed pitviper,[1] hognosed pit viper,[3] rainforest hognosed pitviper,[4] horned hog-nosed viper.[5] Porthidium nasutum is a venomous pitviper species found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Ahaetulla ahaetulla. — W. Peters, 1873. Leptophis ahaetulla. — ICZN, 1958[2][3] Leptophis ahaetulla. Leptophis ahaetulla, commonly known as the lora or parrot snake, is a species of medium-sized slender snake of the family Colubridae. [4] The species is native to Central America and northern South America.
Bothrops asper. Geographical range of Bothrops asper. The terciopelo (Bothrops asper) [note 1] is a species of pit vipers, found in Central to South Americas. At low to moderate elevations, its habitat ranges from northeastern Mexico to Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes, as well as Venezuela. [3] With a mass of up to 6 kilograms (13 lb), and a ...
However, the effects of the venom include only transient pain and mild swelling. In one part of Honduras the locals even insist that the snake (M. nummifer) is not venomous. Laboratory studies suggest that Metlapilcoatlus venoms are unlikely to lead to consumption coagulopathy and incoagulable blood in humans.