Appearance
Adults commonly grow to more than 200 cm and may exceed 330 cm in total length. Ditmars reported a specimen from Costa Rica that was 11 feet 4 inches . Many accounts exist of much larger specimens, but these are poorly documented. Solórzano cites historical records that put the maximum length at 360 cm .It has a broadly rounded head and a snout that is not elevated. Typically, the species has a pronounced middorsal ridge that is most distinct on the last quarter of the body.
The color pattern is darker than that of ''L. muta''.
Habitat
Occurs in tropical rainforest and lower montane wet forest where annual precipitation averages 2,000-4,000 mm, which is heavy to extremely heavy rainfall. In the drier areas of Nicaragua, it can be found in gallery forests as well as forests that are seasonally dry, but then never far from sources of water. This species is hardly ever encountered outside of old growth forest.References:
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