Andaman Pit Viper / Trimeresurus andersoni

[Sameer Ghodke]

Location- Middle 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

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose. Liked the colours, I think it would be nicely camouflaged on the rocky surface. Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

This guy doesnt look happy. The colors are nice, seems to be about 3 feet in length. The habitat seems wet, was it raining? Thanks for sharing.

[Sameer Ghodke]

Thanx. Ya Mrudul, some times they are so camouflaged that I had almost stepped on it, image is slightly cropped from right.

[Sameer Ghodke]

Thanx Murugan, you catch the right expression it was just about to strike on me. It was about 2 ft. & the land was wet due to moisture, as usual like in tropical rain forest.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Its body looks like glowing. How many different colourations these pit vipers have?

[Sameer Ghodke]

Thanx Sabyasachi, I've seen about 10/12 different color forms.