The snakes of colombia belongs to nine famillies of these are poisonous and dangerous, the family viperidae (viper), Elapidae (coral and sea snakes), and the family Colubridae (common Snakes), only three genus have been reported as dangerous (Apostolepis, philodryas y Xenodon).
The snakes of the Family Boidae, in the genus Boa (Boa or Guio) and Eunectes (Anaconda) can be dangerous for their strength (constriction), these snakes aren't poisonous.
The constrictive snakes in colombia
The Boidae family 9 species
The anaconda (Eunectes Murinus)
The green anaconda inhabits in colombia, brasil, bolivia, guyana, peru , paraguay and venezuela. is dark green color, and your body is muscular and width, for kill their preys.
The anaconda is the snake biggest of colombia, the heaviest and the second largest in the planet. The females measure between 4 and 8 meters. the males are smallest than females, because measure until 2 meters.
Others constrictive snakes in colombia
boa del amazonas (Corallus Hortulanus)
Boa esmeralda (Corallus Batesii)
(Boa Constrictor)
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The snakes most poisonous in Colombia
Viperidae family 18 species
Size x (Bothrops Asper)
In colombia this snake is the most dangerous and the seventh most poisonous in the planet. in colombia this snake causes ,between the 50%-70% of the bites by snakes and a mortality of 5%.
Bothrops Asper is a specie big because measure until 2 meters long. this snake is Nocturne and terrestrial, eats frogs, insects, birds, other snakes and small mammals.
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The poison of this snakes is cytotoxic and causes by bite, in humans and animmals :
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However the poison of these snakes, is being investigated because have compounds that can be used in the treatment of the diseases as: cancer, diabetes, bone loss, and cardiovascular diseases.
verrugoso (Lachesis Muta)
cascabel (Crotalus Durisus)
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The poison of the viperidae family
The poison of this snakes is cytotoxic and causes by bite, in humans and animmals :
However the poison of these snakes, is being investigated because have compounds that can be used in the treatment of the diseases as: cancer, diabetes, bone loss, and cardiovascular diseases.
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