Venomous Snakes

[Tshokwane]

Deep Rajwar:
King Portrait..

Sep/15
Corbett Outskirts..

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Indiansnakes.org:
The snake of many morphs, the Malabar pit viper is one of our favourites this #PitViperWeek (Trimeresurus malabaricus).

Endemic to Western Ghats, it is generally found in Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

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Here's a beautiful shot of a horseshoe pit viper (Trimeresurus strigatus) by BhanuKiran taken in Ooty.

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From one of the comments by them:
Pit vipers may be one of the least studied and understood snakes of India. Some of them can / may cause human death, some may not. The potency of venom is being discussed at many forums and we are yet to get some conclusive answers!

Kurt Orion G:
While we were photographing this male Hagen's Pitviper, a jumping spider (Salticidae - genus?) came to photobomb him! Malaysia.

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