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Bothriopsis bilineata (Amazonian palm viper)

Bothriopsis bilineata, also known as Amazonian palm viper is one of the species of pitviper species that can be found in Amazon region at South America. They tend to grow up to 70cm in length at most but in rarer cases, they can sometime grow up to 123cm which is the longest in record. Aside from that, they tend to have a rather slender body and has a prehensile tail. Their color patterns usually consist of pale green accompanied with black pots or series of tan or brownish red spots and their underbellys' color is usually in yellow in color. They are usually at lower land of rain forest or shrubbery trees and nearby water area as they tend to ambush their preys.