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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Belize

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in Mexico and Central America

Occurrences in
NW	the Northwest
N	the North
NE	the Northeast
W	the West
C	central areas
E	the East
SW	the Southwest
S	the South
SE	the Southeast
X	most areas
?	unclear

Literature on the distribution

Elapids

Micrurus spp., Coral snakes

Micrurus diastema	X
Micrurus hippocrepis	C+E
Micrurus nigrocinctus	E+S

Pit Vipers

Agkistrodon spp., Moccasins

Agkistrodon russeolus

N

Bothriechis spp., Palm pitvipers

Bothriechis nigroadspersus

X

Bothrops spp., Lance heads

Bothrops asper

X

Crotalus spp. (without Crotalus durissus sspp.), Rattlesnakes

Crotalus simus	?+X
Crotalus tzabcan	X

Metlapilcoatlus spp., Jumping Pitvipers

Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus

X

Porthidium spp., Hognosed pitvipers

Porthidium nasutum

C+S