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Field Notes

Description:

Green dorsal side Pale green ventral side brick red tail ,pit in between eye and nose.

Habitat:

Arborial -Jungle of Sundarban

Notes:

Gosoba-WB-India

Species ID Suggestions

Red-Tailed Bamboo viper

Trimeresurus erythrurus
Kenneth Reid
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Comments (2)
Kenneth Reid
White-lipped was my first thought, too, but it seems to look more like Trimeresurus erythrurus, due to the yellow being more prominent on the face than any white. http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/India/Northeast/Meghalaya/photo218935.htm
LisaPowers
This is a species of pit viper, Trimeresurus spp. It may be the White-lipped Pit Viper - Trimeresurus albolabris http://www.indiansnakes.org/Snakedatabase/Pit%20vipers/Pit%20vipers.html
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2012

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