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Bothrops jararaca
Jararaca Jar`a*ra"ca, n. [Pg., from the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

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- Bothrops jararaca—known as the jararaca or yarara—is a highly venomous pit viper species endemic to South America in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern...
- and for its head shape that is characteristic of the genus Bothrops. No subspecies of Bothrops insularis are currently recognized. It is one of the most...
- Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Gr**** words βόθρος, bothros...
- South America: Bothrops jararaca Bothrops neuwiedi, also known as jararaca pintada (literally in Portuguese: painted jararaca) Bothrops bilineatus, also...
- ophidios do Brasil. IV. Sobre um caso de necrophilia heterologa na jararaca (Bothrops jararaca)". Memórias do Instituto de Butantan. 7: 93–94. Cited in Costa...
- forests from sea level to 940 m. Along with Bothrops caribbaeus and B. lanceolatus, it is one of three Bothrops species found in the West Indies. Although...
- the South African Institute of Medical Research (SAIMR). The Jararaca (Bothrops jararaca) is a species that is often abundant within its range, where...
- reported a bradykinin-potentiating factor (BPF) present in the venom of Bothrops jararaca, a South American pit viper, in 1965. Ferreira then went to John Vane's...
- Bothrops bilineatus, also known as the two-striped forest-pitviper, parrotsnake, Amazonian palm viper, or green jararaca, is a highly venomous pit viper...
- Teprotide is nonapeptide which has been isolated from the snake Bothrops jararaca. It is an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) which...