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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.
Trimeresurus hageni, commonly known as Hagen's pit viper [4] and Hagen's green pit viper, [1] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia .
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.
There is distinct red eye streak on both sides of the head. Ventrally they are pale green, except for the last 25 subcaudals , which are dull reddish brown. The holotype specimen is only 136 mm ( 5 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches) in total length, 98 mm ( 3 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches) in snout-vent length (SVL), and the tail is 38 mm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long.
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 ...
T. macrops belongs to the genus Trimeresurus, a group of Asian vipers with primarily hemotoxic venom — a type of venom that can destroy blood cells, disrupt blood clotting, and damage organ function. A bite from this viper's better-studied cousin, the white-lipped pit viper, is said to cause effects ranging from mild envenomation to death. [8]
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Bothriechis nigroviridis is a pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] No subspecies are currently recognized. [ 3 ] The specific name is derived from the Latin niger (black) and viridis (green) in reference to its distinctive color pattern.