Striking Gold
Home from fabulous trip to Costa Rica. Each day was more wonderful than the last. Just when I thought things couldn't get better we saw two of these gorgeous Eyelash Vipers at La Selva Biological Station on our last day's outing. One of my most hoped for sightings they are more "striking" in real life than any picture can portray. I asked our guide at what distance I could take a picture from and he showed me with his hand. Luckily it was close enough to use the macro.
"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. Distinctive modified scales over their eyes have the appearance of eyelashes, and go a some way to help camouflage these otherwise highly coloured snakes. Unusually, the scales of eyelash vipers are rough, which offers protection from the branches in their forest homes."
Striking Gold
Home from fabulous trip to Costa Rica. Each day was more wonderful than the last. Just when I thought things couldn't get better we saw two of these gorgeous Eyelash Vipers at La Selva Biological Station on our last day's outing. One of my most hoped for sightings they are more "striking" in real life than any picture can portray. I asked our guide at what distance I could take a picture from and he showed me with his hand. Luckily it was close enough to use the macro.
"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. Distinctive modified scales over their eyes have the appearance of eyelashes, and go a some way to help camouflage these otherwise highly coloured snakes. Unusually, the scales of eyelash vipers are rough, which offers protection from the branches in their forest homes."