- Atheris squamigera, common names: green bush viper, variable bush viper, leaf viper and others, is a venomous viper species that can be found in West and central Africa: Ivory Coast and Ghana, eastward through southern Nigeria to Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola, Uganda, Tanzania (Rumanika Game Reserve), western Kenya and Bioko Island.
. No subspecies are currently recognized. It’s truly a miraculously beautiful snake.
- Habitat preference: Found mostly in rain forest. Said to prefer relatively low and thick, flowering bushes.
- Venom: Bites from this particular species have resulted in at least one report of severe hematological complications as well as two deaths.
such pretty danger noodles!
@deadcatwithaflamethrower , some gorgeous sneks for you?
A bunch of these are photoshopped, unfortunately (the bright red/magenta and the rainbow for sure, the blue and the black and white possibly.) Wikipedia describes their actual colors better than I can: “The dorsal color varies from sage green or light green to green, dark green, bluish, olive or dark olive brown. Rare specimens may be found that are yellow, reddish or slate gray.”
These guys are so gorgeous even when they aren’t wild colors, though!
Moonlit Spires 