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Bamboo Pit Viper Juvenile (Trimeresurus gramineus)

It is found in most of the peninsular India's hills. Not found in Indian Islands, Thar desert, North-east states and regions above Gangetic plains. Recorded from following states: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana. It is having Haemotoxic.

Can be identified easily by checking triangular head which is much broader than neck, green dorsal marked with rich or faint black markings and yellow belly.

New born are in length 16cm; average length is about 70cm; maximum length of the snake can be upto 113cm.

 

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Uploaded on August 13, 2018
Taken on August 9, 2018