Malabar Pit Viper | Greenish Brown Morph

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Malabar Pit Viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) | Agumbe, Karnataka

The Malabar Pit Viper is a small arboreal snake endemic to the Western Ghats. During the monsoon, this snake is very common, seen resting on shrubs and trees by day and active by night. Like most pit vipers, it is generally a sluggish snake, but is surprisingly quick if alarmed. The venom causes moderate symptoms in humans which subside in a few days.

This species occurs in several very different colour morphs. I was lucky enough to photograph many of these, will share more images soon.

Canon 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
SS 1/125
Av 4.0
ISO 800
EC -2
Hand held, full frame image
Brightness adjusted, noise reduction applied in LightRoom

Thanks, C&C welcome.

[Mrudul Godbole]

That is quite close. Good details. The clean green background adds to the image. Nicely captured. Look forward to more.

So you back from your field trip?

[Bibhav Behera]

I like the composition. Love the details in the eye. Look forward to more from Agumbe.
Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice details Abhishek. Agree the clean / green Bg looks good.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. Glad to see an image of this snake. The diagonal composition looks good. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Lovely. Love their eyes. I like the diagonal composition and the clean background. Look forward to more :)