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Large scaled pit viper - The ventral view Notice the white scales on both the sides. It looks more like the pit vipers found in the northeast. Trimeresurus macrolepis,india,monsoon,pit viper,reptile,tamil nadu,ventral scales,viper,western ghats,wild Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Large scaled pit viper - The ventral view

Notice the white scales on both the sides. It looks more like the pit vipers found in the northeast.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Impressive composition and species! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View karthik_ak's profile
      karthik_ak
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      Thank you Fredy!
       Posted 9 years ago

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The Large-scaled tree viper

''Trimeresurus macrolepis'' is an arboreal, green coloured, forest-dwelling venomous pitviper species endemic to the Southern Western Ghats. No subspecies are currently recognized.

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Uploaded Dec 16, 2015. Captured Oct 2, 2015 19:57.
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  • NIKON D7200
  • f/11.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO250
  • 90mm

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