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Males have a deep green dorsum, and fluorescent green ventrum with black interstitial skin. The head is dark green with cyan borders on scales, eyes are rust colored and red-white stripes on the body. Female individuals are similar but with yellowish-green ventrum and green eyes. Both sexes exhibit rusty red tails. [2] Male from Mizoram, India.
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers, [2] [3] or pit adders, are a subfamily of vipers found in Asia and the Americas. Like all other vipers, they are venomous . They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on both sides of the head.
Adults are short and exceedingly stout, commonly growing to 18–24 inches (46–61 centimetres) in total length. The snout is rounded with a sharp canthus. [3]At midbody there are 23–27 rows of dorsal scales that are strongly keeled, tubercular in large specimens.
Hagen's pit viper Peninsular Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra and the nearby islands of Bangka, Simalur, Nias, Batu and the Mentawai Islands. T. honsonensis: L. Grismer, Ngo & J. Grismer, 2008 0 Hon Son pit viper Southern Vietnam. T. insularis: Kramer, 1977 0 Sunda Island pit viper, White-lipped island pit viper
Bothrops alternatus, known by the common names crossed pit viper [3], yarará grande, [4] and urutu, [4], among others, is a highly venomous pit viper species found in South America (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina). [1] Within its range, it is an important cause of snakebite.
Protobothrops elegans is a pit viper species endemic to Japan in the southern Ryukyu Islands. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] No subspecies are currently recognized. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Common names include: elegant pit viper , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Sakishima habu ( サキシマハブ ) , [ 6 ] and elegant tree viper .
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Trimeresurus sumatranus is a species of venomous pitviper (a subfamily of vipers within the larger Viperidae family) found in the tropical forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Arboreal by nature, its coloration is pale to neon-green, with some black vertical markings, and a red-tipped tail. As with other vipers, this species has ...