Eyelash Viper
Range
Neotropical: Southern Mexico, South and Central America to Colombia, Equador and Western Venezuela
Habitat
Wet forests with low elevation, shrubs, brushes, vine tangles, trees and palms usually close to a water source.
Eyelash Viper Stats
Scientific Name: Bothriechis schlegelii
Family: Viperidae
Adult Size: Males, the smaller sex on this species, are adult at 14 to 18 inches in length. Females attain 24 to 36 inches.
Eyelash viper
Eyelash vipers are arguably the world's most beautiful snakes - and one of its most dangerous. Found in Central and South America, these small, slender venomous snakes are far from typical pit-vipers.
Eyelash viper
Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
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The eyelash viper is generally nocturnal and spends its time in the leaves and branches of trees and other vegetation. To help protect them from the branches and vines that may poke them, eyelash vipers have rough, keeled scales.
(Naja nivea) Elapidae, Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota), Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus), Emerald Tree Boa (kCorallus caninus), Eyelash Viper ...
Bothriechis schlegelii
Eyelash Viper
Arenal Hanging Bridges, Alajuela province, Costa Rica
8/11/2010 ...
 See also: Viper, Snake, Lizard, Gecko, Rattlesnake
  
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