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Large scaled pit viper

Trimeresurus macrolepis

Photo by KarthikAk
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Description:

One of the beautiful pit viper species found in the western ghats.
There is only one morph of this species found so far and it sharply resembles the pit viper species(pope's pit viper) found in the north east India.
One more interesting fact of this species of viper is they are oviparous i.e., they lay eggs.

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Trimeresurus macrolepis

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Comments (7)
AshleyT
Congrats Karthik, this beautiful photo has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! We love how your photo makes this snake look like a piece of art! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156361090740603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/679878487210070017
KarthikAk
Thank you Albert. This was not handled. He was actually moving when we found him.
AlbertKang
Am curious, was the Snake being handled or was it 'naturally' hanging down from a branch? Great pic, anyhow.

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PublishedDecember 23, 2015

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