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Jamaican Boa
Chilabothrus subflavus
A handsome yellow-and-black Caribbean constrictor endemic to Jamaica, critically reduced by introduced mongooses and habitat loss.
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Table of contents
| Jamaican Boa | Japanese Rat Snake | Jararaca | Jararacussu |
| Jungle Carpet Python |
List of Snakes That Start With J
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Japanese Rat Snake
Elaphe climacophora
A slim, climbing colubrid endemic to Japan, widely encountered around traditional wooden houses where it hunts rats and roosting birds.
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Jararaca
Bothrops jararaca
A common South American pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebites in southeastern Brazil, source of the first ACE inhibitor drug.
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Jararacussu
Bothrops jararacussu
A massive South American pit viper of Atlantic rainforest, larger and even more venomous than its slimmer cousin the jararaca.
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Jungle Carpet Python
Morelia spilota cheynei
A striking yellow-and-black Australian python prized in herpetoculture, native to rainforest in far north Queensland.
About snakes starting with J
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