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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

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Name of Cerro Sagrado or Cerro Lluvia in the area of Natural and Indigenous Reserve in Bajo Chirripó, Costa Rica. There the Shára River is born and is an area of high biodiversity. For the indigenous Cabécares and Jawas are very sacred sites. It is close to the settlements Palmera (Catsá), Namaldí and Dzey, in the Provinces of Limón and Cartago. Also Karijú, carijú or mbói cariyú is called in Guarani language to the anacondas of light colorations such as yellowish-green and yellow. They are small constrictor reptiles. Its scientific name is Eunectes notaeus (yellow anaconda, about 2 or 4 meters). It belongs to the family Boidae.

  




John Rene Plaut

KURIJÚ Eunectes notaeus, Guarani word for green anaconda. The yellow anaconda or curiyú, which in the Guarani language is called mbói kurijú, is a species of the Boidae family, native to central South America. . In Argentina : curiyú . The other 2 species of anacondas are the Bolivian and the dark spotted. It is mostly carnivorous,

  



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