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Camouflage at its Best Took me while to spot this beauty, before the pic. Taken in Bannerghatta National Park, Karnataka, India. Camouflage,Daboia russelii,Geotagged,India,Russells viperDaboia russelii Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Camouflage at its Best

Took me while to spot this beauty, before the pic. Taken in Bannerghatta National Park, Karnataka, India.

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  1. It looks very well camouflaged. Excellent spotting and quality shot, promoted! Posted 11 years ago
    1. Thanks... It was very well camouflaged. This snake is supposed to be the most poisonous viper of all. And apparently a silent assassin too. Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
      1. I'm glad you lived to tell! Posted 11 years ago
  2. i missed it in over look but buitiful Posted 11 years ago

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Russell's viper, is a venomous snake in the family Viperidae native to the Indian subcontinent and one of the big four snakes in India. It was described in 1797 by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder, and named after Patrick Russell, who wrote about it in his 1796 work "An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel".

Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
Species identified by AvinashKrishnan
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Uploaded Nov 26, 2013. Captured Oct 26, 2013 13:54 in Muninagara Trail, Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore, Karnataka 562112, India.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/3158s
  • ISO3200
  • 214mm