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Jungle Periscope
Wagler's sipo (Chironius scurrulus) - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru
Chironius is always a fun genus of snake to come across as they're often large, alert, extremely fast, and stunning to behold. All of those adjectives apply to this one except large, this is actually a juvenile C. scurrulus and has a lot of growing to do. As it grows it will lose the green color and turn a rusty red, however when young and more vulnerable these snakes are green to help them blend in with vegetation. This snake was extremely cooperative and I have a few different photos from the encounter some of which I'll share as time goes on. As mentioned before Chironius are fast snakes and once one gets going its difficult to keep up with, so when I spotted this juvenile in the low vegetation I carefully crept towards it attempting to sneak up on it. It almost worked but I stepped on a vine that was attached to a bush that was touching the tangle the snake was in. This alerted the snake to my presence but I stopped and didn't move a muscle, instead of taking off the snake actually moved into a better position to better see what had caused the disturbance. Thats when I was able to get this photo.
A link to the other Chironius sp. I have photographed: www.flickr.com/photos/26500525@N08/24554859049/in/album-7...
Jungle Periscope
Wagler's sipo (Chironius scurrulus) - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru
Chironius is always a fun genus of snake to come across as they're often large, alert, extremely fast, and stunning to behold. All of those adjectives apply to this one except large, this is actually a juvenile C. scurrulus and has a lot of growing to do. As it grows it will lose the green color and turn a rusty red, however when young and more vulnerable these snakes are green to help them blend in with vegetation. This snake was extremely cooperative and I have a few different photos from the encounter some of which I'll share as time goes on. As mentioned before Chironius are fast snakes and once one gets going its difficult to keep up with, so when I spotted this juvenile in the low vegetation I carefully crept towards it attempting to sneak up on it. It almost worked but I stepped on a vine that was attached to a bush that was touching the tangle the snake was in. This alerted the snake to my presence but I stopped and didn't move a muscle, instead of taking off the snake actually moved into a better position to better see what had caused the disturbance. Thats when I was able to get this photo.
A link to the other Chironius sp. I have photographed: www.flickr.com/photos/26500525@N08/24554859049/in/album-7...