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Old 08-19-12, 08:50 AM   #1
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Hello!
my gf and me were on a jungle trip in guyana and stumbled across this snake.
Do you know the name of it and also if it's poisonous?

Thank you!
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Old 08-19-12, 09:17 AM   #2
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Re: Someone knows the name of this snake?
It's not something I would touch.
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Old 08-19-12, 09:23 AM   #3
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No idea what in particular, but definitely looks like some type of adder. As Aaron said, not something I would touch.
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Old 08-19-12, 09:40 AM   #4
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Re: Someone knows the name of this snake?
Definitely one of the Bothops species. My best guess would be the Common Lancehead (Bothrops atrox).
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Definitively venomous.
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Old 08-19-12, 10:29 AM   #6
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Definitively venomous.
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Hello!
my gf and me were on a jungle trip in guyana and stumbled across this snake.
Do you know the name of it and also if it's poisonous?

Thank you!
Pter

Just for future reference snakes are venomous rather than poisonous. Venom kills you by being injected by fangs, poison kills you by being ingested like food
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Old 08-19-12, 02:57 PM   #7
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Hey Guys!
Thanks for all the answers, it looks definetly like the Bothrops atrox described in Wikipedia.
I guess we were lucky seeing it before stepping on it! It was close!!


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