Yarará Lancehead,

Bothrops jararaca (Wied, 1824)

An individual captured and photographed on 17 January 2024 at Yvyty Mirí, Santa Cecilia, Guairá department (25º48’49.6”S 56º12’12.4”W) by HN (Fig. 11) is the first record of this Atlantic Forest endemic species from the department. It was identified based on the diagnostic characters listed by Harvey, Aparicio, Gonzales (2005). The species has now been documented to occur in Alto Paraná, Canindeyú, Guairá and Itapúa departments (Cacciali et al., 2016b). It is considered to be “Vulnerable” in Paraguay (Martínez et al., 2020c).