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Sameer Ghodke
04-09-2012, 12:52 AM
Location- South Andaman Island, India. Jun 2001.
An Endemic Species Found In Andaman & Car Nicobar Islands India.

Venomous, grows up to 1.10m. Nocturnal in Habits.

Camera body- Nikon F60 / Lense- 60 macro with ring flash / Iso-100
Saktipada Panigrahi
04-09-2012, 05:03 AM
Nice image. The triangular head, verticle pupil, pit and nostril are clear in this photograp
Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild
P.S.: While appreciating the image posted by you on 30.08.2012, I enquired why the colour looks different from that of your previous posting dated . You have made no reply till date.
Saktipada Panigrahi
04-09-2012, 06:00 AM
The P.S. written under my posting dated 04-09-2012 at 5.33 A.M may kindly be read as under:

P.S.: The colour looks different from those in your postings dated 30.08.12 and 31.08.12. In how many different colours this species has been observed by you. SaktiWild
Mrudul Godbole
04-09-2012, 11:35 AM
Quite different colours. Good eye contact and details. It would be nicely camouflaged in its surroundings. Thanks for sharing.
Sameer Ghodke
04-09-2012, 07:00 PM
The P.S. written under my posting dated 04-09-2012 at 5.33 A.M may kindly be read as under:

P.S.: The colour looks different from those in your postings dated 30.08.12 and 31.08.12. In how many different colours this species has been observed by you. SaktiWild
Extremely sorry for delay in reply. These pit vipers have extremely variable color forms from each other, I've seen 10 / 12 different color forms in Andaman Pit Viper.
Saktipada Panigrahi
05-09-2012, 04:53 AM
Many thanks Sameer Bhai. I wanted to have first hand knowledge from you about the natural colour(s) of this beautiful snake.
Kind regards,
SaktiWild
Murugan Anantharaman
05-09-2012, 08:54 AM
Beautiful Sameer. I love this image. I guess this must be the viper species in india with the biggest head. Quite huge. And it does love to show off its curves. Thanks for sharing.
Saajan Jogia
12-09-2012, 06:13 PM
A very rare shot as i've never seen one in this particular pose. The colors are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
p.s- now i am really eager to visit andaman and nicobar islands :)