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Notable Venomous Species of Central America

Snakes
  1. Bothrops asper
  2. Agkistrodon bilineatus (Cantil)
  3. Micrurus diastema (Variable coral snake)
  4. Atropoides nummifer (Jumping viper)
  5. Bothriechis schlegelii (Eyelash viper)
  6. Leptodeira annulata (Banded cat-eyed snake)
  7. Bothriechis lateralis (Side-striped palm-pit viper)
  8. Bothriechis supraciliaris (Tobago tree pitviper)
  9. Bothriechis aurifer (Guatemalan palm pitviper)
  10. Bothriechis rowleyi (Rowley’s palm pitviper)
  11. Micruroides euryxanthus (Sonoran coral snake)
Tarantulas
  1. Brachypelma albopilosum (Honduran curly hair tarantula)
  2. Brachypelma boehmei (Mexican fireleg tarantula)
  3. Brachypelma smithi (Mexican red-knee tarantula)
  4. Phoneutria boliviensis (Brazilian wandering spider)
  5. Cupiennius salei (Central American wandering spider)
  6. Cyclosternum fasciataum (Costa Rican tiger rump)
  7. Avicularia versicolor (Antilles pinktoe tarantula)
Scorpions
  1. C. edwardsii
  2. C. granosus
  3. C. gracilis
  4. T. asthenes
  5. Centruroides limbatus
  6. Centruroides nigrescens
  7. T. festae
  8. Tityus cerroazul
  9. Tityus pachyurus
  10. T. championi
  11. T. trinitatis
  12. C. gracilis
  13. Rhopalurus junceus (Cuba)
  14. C. insulanus (Jamaica)
  15. C. griseus (Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands)
  16. C. margaritatus (Jamaica/Cuba)
  17. C. nitidus (Hispaniola).
  18. C. barbudensis
  19. C. testaceus.
Centipedes
  1. Scolopendra gigantea (maybe very rare, found more in South America)
  2. Scolopendra alternans
  3. Scolopendra galapagoensis (Cocos Island in Costa Rica)
  4. Scolopendra heros (Northern Mexico, Commonly found in the United States)
  5. Rhysida celeris
Wasps
  1. Polistes carnifex (Executioner wasp)
  2. Pepsis thisbe (Tarantula hawk)