Abhishek Jamalabad
04-07-2016, 12:17 PM
Bamboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus gramineus | Upper Kanheri Trail, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai
After waiting for years, I finally got to see my first Bamboo pit viper a couple of days ago. A small arboreal snake that inhabits hilly forests of the Western and Eastern Ghats, and the connecting hill ranges in between. SGNP in Mumbai, and the nearby forests of Phansad, are the only places where this species is found at low elevations. It is a calm snake with a moderately venomous bite like the other Trimeresurus pit vipers, but nevertheless has to be treated with caution.
Canon 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
SS 1/200
Av 16
ISO 400
Built-in flash used
Full frame image
This was one of those situations where a tripod would have been great, but setting it up would have been a huge hassle!
More compositions and habitat images coming up. Thanks for looking, C&C welcome.
After waiting for years, I finally got to see my first Bamboo pit viper a couple of days ago. A small arboreal snake that inhabits hilly forests of the Western and Eastern Ghats, and the connecting hill ranges in between. SGNP in Mumbai, and the nearby forests of Phansad, are the only places where this species is found at low elevations. It is a calm snake with a moderately venomous bite like the other Trimeresurus pit vipers, but nevertheless has to be treated with caution.
Canon 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
SS 1/200
Av 16
ISO 400
Built-in flash used
Full frame image
This was one of those situations where a tripod would have been great, but setting it up would have been a huge hassle!
More compositions and habitat images coming up. Thanks for looking, C&C welcome.