Reptile 101

Bubble Trouble - Pink Panther VPI T+ (boa imperator)

The Cape cobra’s venom is made up of potent postsynaptic neurotoxins and might also contain cardiotoxins that affect the respiratory system, nervous system, and the heart. The mouse SC LD50 for this species’ venom is 0.72, while the IV and IP LD50 values are 0.4 mg/kg and 0.6 mg/kg, respectively. The average venom yield per bite is 100 to 150 mg (according to Minton). The mortality rate for untreated bites is not exactly known, but is thought to be high.

Tango - Bolivian Silverback (boa c. amarali)

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(Bothriopsis medusa) Venezuelan forest-pitviper

Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) by Frupus on Flickr.

This is a venomous viper species endemic to Turkey. No subspecies are currently recognized.

(Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus) Southwestern speckled rattlesnake

Restricted to Sri Lankan lowland rain forests of the south-western wet zone up to foot hills of the central highlands. 

(Hypnale hypnale) hump-nosed pit viper

(Porthidium nasutum) rainforest hog-nosed viper

[Dajarra  population]

(Deinagkistrodon acutus) - Chinese moccasin

Bush Viper by static416 on Flickr.

[gravid female]

Crotalus transversus is a venomous pit viper species found in central Mexico, known from less than 20 specimens.  No subspecies are currently recognized.

From the best night of field herping I’ve ever had (legal road cruising inside a park after hours right after a rain with a group of amazing herpetologists).