Bothrops jararaca (Wied, 1824)

Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano & Marques, Otavio A. V., 2014, Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 3863 (1), pp. 1-93 : 24

Bothrops jararaca (Wied, 1824) “ Jararaca ”

(Figs. 10.1 and 22.4)

It was only recorded in high altitude areas (532 to 1,027 m elevation), in, the municipalities of Ibicoara, Palmeiras, Miguel Calmon, and Mucugê, Bahia State (Handam et al. 2007; Freitas et al. 2012a). These localities are all inside the Diamantina Plateau complex. It is also recorded on the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and the Pantanal ( Strüssmann & Sazima 1993; Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Marques et al. 2005; Sawaya et al. 2008). We have no information on habitat use of this snake in Caatinga, but it is probably associated to forested areas as observed throughout its range ( Marques et al. 2001; Marques et al. 2005; Barbo et al. 2011; Zaher et al. 2011). It has terrestrial to semi-arboreal habits, is nocturnal, and has a generalist diet, dominated by a wide range of vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2001; Martins et al. 2002).