Snake photos

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I'd been wanting to take a picture of this snake for a long time, but each time I would see it it would be in a bad position for taking pictures. I was ... Pit Viper

Gumprechts green pit viper

Horned Bush Viper - Atheris ceratophora

According to the WWF, in 2008 scientists discovered 100 new plant species, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia. A look at the

According to the WWF, in 2008 scientists discovered 100 new plant species, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia. A look at the

India Nature Watch, abbreviated as INW, is a non-commercial community website that focuses on sharing photographs of Indian wildlife. INW hosts nature photographs taken in India in eight categories: Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians, Butterflies and Moths, Landscape, Insects and Other Invertebrates, Flora and Others. The copyright of images hosted on the site remains with the photographer and the site encourages users to release photographs under Creative Commons licences.

Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) is responsible for more deaths due to snakebite than any other venomous snake. It is highly irritable and when threatened, coils tightly, hisses, and strikes with a lightning speed. Its hemotoxic venom is a very potent coagulant, which damages tissue as well as blood cells. The habitat of the Russell’s Viper stretches from Indian farmlands to dense rain forests. It is usually found near human settlements.

Photo - image of Wagler´s pit viper, Temple viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri). Free use by schools, etc., paid use 30 - 60 EUR / photo. Randers Regnskov. Id 67848

Taxonomic database that provides basic information about all living reptile species, such as turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles, as well as tuataras and amphisbaenians, but does not include dinosaurs.

Beautiful Pit Viper

Himalayan white-lipped pit viper

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras).