Green tree pit viper snake

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Pit Viper occurs in forest and open grassland as well as urban areas. It is nocturnal and when aroused is quick to bite, though this is seldom fatal. By day it is less aggressive. It feeds on a variety of other vertebrates including small birds rodents frogs and lizards. The body is short and stout and the head a typical triangular shape. The dorsal side is green the ventral side yellow and the tail brownish. The scales are strongly keeled. Males have a thin white stripe along the body. The species ranges from India through Burma Thailand Indochina and southern China to Malaysia and large parts of Indonesia including Borneo Sumatra and Java.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Photo credit: © Michiel Bosch / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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