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The eyes are moderate in size with dark brown and round pupils, typical of other cobra species and similar to other elapids in general. It has a fairly stocky build for an elapid, and adult snakes are uniformly light to medium brown, while the juveniles tend to be a darker brown in color. [4]
Like most rear-fanged snakes, the tawny cat-eyed snake is mildly venomous. Although its venom is said to be slightly stronger than most Boiga species, its rounded mouth is very unlikely to cause an envenomating bite. If it does come to a point of envenomation, there is swelling in the bite area that usually subsides within two to three days.
Tropidolaemus philippensis is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae, the pit vipers. It is endemic to western Mindanao and some portions of western Leyte, the Philippines. Its common name is South Philippine temple pit viper. [1] Tropidolaemus philippensis is viviparous. Males have a greenish-turquoise body background ...
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).
Trimeresurus mcgregori, commonly known as McGregor's pit viper [4] or the Batanes pit viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] The species is endemic to the Philippines .
Calliophis salitan is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.It is endemic to the Philippines and known from Dinagat Island and Mindanao; [1] [2] the former is based on a small number of recent records whereas the latter is based on a museum specimen from 1887.
This snake is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s. Learn about a slithery venomous hitchhiker from Ecuador that caught employees at a New Hampshire grocery store by surprise.
Dryophiops snakes, along with their close relatives of Ahaetulla and Proahaetulla, all share an elongated and laterally compressed body plan, with elongated sharp snouts, and large eyes with horizontals pupils specialized for binocular vision. [3] Dryophiops philippina is about 3 to 6 feet long.