Hi,

can anybody tell if the pictured specimen is truly a Lachesis muta? Looks like a preparation, so eyecolor must not be the real one.

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/seminar/2001/Home/anm/bushm4.jpg

If I take a look at the distance from the pits to the eyes, the squamation especially the eyeshield, and generally the shape of the head it does not look like a Lachesis muta for me.

Maybe someone can give a hint.

MfG,
Roland

Mybe is L.melanocephala or L. stenophrys. There have been also hybrids between this two species. The pattern on the neck and shape of the head look right, but this snake looks weird. Like it is not really alive. Not like any bushmaster I have ever seen. It is possible that it is a colour mutation like hypomelanistic maybe, like with Denakgistrodon Actus. Or maybe is in shed. You would need a better picture.

B.K.K.

Hi,

thx. Like I said. Maybe a plastination.

But a good one.

This is a stuffed animal and a very old and bad conserved one to!!
reg
Mats