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Bothrops jararacussu LACERDA, 1884

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jararacussu
Portuguese: Cabeça-de-Sapo, Jaracuçu-Malha-de-Sapo, Jaracuçu-Tapete, Jaracuçu-Venenoso, Jaracuçu-Verdadeiro, Jararaca, Jararacuçu, Jararacuçu-Cabeça-de-Sapo, Jararacuçu-Tapete, Jararacuçu-Verdadeira, Patrona, Surucucu-Cabeça-de-Patrona, Surucucu-Cabeça-de-Sapo, Surucucu-Dourado, Surucucu-Tapete, Urutu, Urutu-Amarelo, Urutu-Dourado, Urutu-Estrela, Urutu-Preta, Urutu-Preto 
SynonymBothrops jararacussu LACERDA 1884
Lachesis jararacussu — SERIÉ 1915
Lachesis lanceolatus BOULENGER 1896: 535
Bothrops jararacussu — AMARAL 1925: 43
Bothrops jararacussu — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Bothrops jararacussu — CEI 1993
Bothrops jararacussu — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 263
Bothrops jararacussu — MONZEL & WÜSTER 2008
Bothrops jararacussu — FENWICK et al. 2009
Bothrops jararacussu — CARRASCO et al. 2012
Bothrops jararacussu — WALLACH et al. 2014: 117
Bothrops jararacussu — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionNE Argentina (Misiones), S Bolivia, Paraguay,
Brazil (from Minas Gerais southward; Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia)

Type locality: Province of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: Lost (formerly in Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro = MNRJ), Vanzolini in litt., according to Golay et al. 1993. 
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CommentVenomous! Synonymy partly after CEI 1993 (who doesn’t list Lachesis lanceolatus in his synonyms list). 
EtymologyNamed after Tupí IARARAK'-UÇU, from iararaca, trivial name of a venemous snake + Tupí UÇU, big, large. ||| Mostrar discrepancias con Williams et al. (202 ) (LACERDA 1884, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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