﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  Cochra 
  

  

  PLATE 
  6 
  

  

  1. 
  Hog-nosed 
  viper 
  (Bothrops 
  nasuta), 
  also 
  called 
  nose-horned 
  viper, 
  

   black 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  back 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  line. 
  Length: 
  2 
  feet. 
  

   Colombia 
  and 
  Ecuador. 
  Poisonous. 
  (Courtesy 
  Nature 
  Magazine.) 
  

  

  Color: 
  brown 
  with 
  alternating 
  small 
  

   Range: 
  eastern 
  Central 
  America 
  to 
  

  

  2. 
  Mussurana 
  (Chlia 
  clelia), 
  a 
  beneficial 
  snake 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  eating 
  other 
  snakes, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   fer-de-lance. 
  Color: 
  blue 
  black 
  above, 
  white 
  below 
  (Central 
  American 
  specimens). 
  Length: 
  8 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  

   Guatemala 
  through 
  Brazil. 
  Back-fanged, 
  but 
  the 
  bite 
  not 
  fat 
  al 
  to 
  man. 
  (Courtesy 
  Nature 
  Magazine.) 
  

  

  