lampalagua

It is well known that the lampalagua is the strongest of all God's creatures, and that if a man, stripped to the skin, engages one, and conquers it by sheer muscular strength, the serpent's power goes into him, after which he is invincible. "

The Purple Land 1881

There are also threatened reptiles species that inhabit the Monte such as the terrestrial turtle (Chelonoidis chilensis) and lampalagua (Boa constrictor).

Argentine Monte 2007

We had all heard of the lampalagua, a species of boa found in these countries, with a very thick body and extremely sluggish in its motions.

The Purple Land 1881

"The manner in which the lampalagua captures its prey is very curious," said one of the company, named Rivarola, a stout man with an immense, fierce-looking black beard and moustache, but who was very mild-eyed and had a gentle, cooing voice.

The Purple Land 1881

In general, we find various species of reptiles like the lizard or iguana colorada (Tupinambis rufescens) and ophidia such as the falsa yarará (Pseusotomodon trigonatus), yarará ñata (Bothrops ammodytoides), lampalagua (Boa constrictor occidentalis) and falsa coral (Lystrophis semininctus).

Argentine Monte 2007

"This was the only occasion on which I have actually seen the lampalagua take its prey, but its manner of doing it is well known to everyone from hearsay.

The Purple Land 1881