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Chrysopelea

Tuesday, 28 October 2014
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Chrysopelea
Chrysopelea, also known as Flying Snake is one of the venomous snake but it's venom is considered quite mild and is only lethal to small animals such as lizards, frogs and bats. They can be found around South East Asia, Southernmost China, India and Sri Lanka. They come in wide variety of colors, depending on their species type. They are rather small in size as the smallest is around 2 feet.

Chrysopelea gliding through the air


Just like its' name implied; they are capable of flying, or rather just gliding which makes this snake more recognizable. It would climb up the tree, reach for a branch and leans down towards the direction that it wants to glide. It will then propel itself by thrusting itself away from the branch while making continual serpentine motion which is similar motion when on ground.

Cerastes cerastes

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Cerastes cerastes
Cerastes cerastes, also known as Desert sidewinding horned viper is one of the venomous viper species that is from deserts of Northern Africa and certain area in the middle east. They are easy to be recognized because of their pair of horns. Sometimes, they don't have a pair for some reason.

How Cerastes cerastes hides itself pt1

How Cerastes cerastes hides itself pt2

How Cerastes cerastes hides itself pt3
That aside, they tend to cover itself with the sand or soil to hide themselves or to wait for a prey to pass by so that they can ambush it. Despite how intimidating they looked, their venom are not one of the deadliest to humans, however, it will cause other bad symptoms like vomiting, nausea, swelling and etc.

Tropidolaemus wagleri

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Tropidolaemus wagleri

Tropidolaemus wagleri, also known as Temple Viper is a venomous pitviper species. It got it's nickname; Temple Viper from the Temple of Azure Cloud in Malaysia which consist a lot of this sort of snake. Female of this species is usually slightly larger than the male, their heads are triangle in shaped and has rather thin body. These creatures come in variety of colors such as brown, black, green, and yellow. They are commonly found around South East Asia.

A little bit about me

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A random student who has to make a site for college assignments. I will be posting small info about snakes. Please note that these info aren't made by me so it's doesn't come from a professional. Anyway, hope you enjoy your stay here. This blog will not last long as I will be inactive once I am done with this assignment.