Reptile/Amphibian of the Week

Hello everyone! Hope you had a great weekend!

This week's Reptile of the Week is...

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The Eyelash Bush Viper!!! (My favorite snake of all time)


The Eyelash Bush Viper is an endemic to Tanzania. It is an inhabitant of mid-elevation, humid mountain forest of the Ussambara and Udzungwa Mountains. They are predators of small rodents, lizards, and frogs. Most individuals are smaller than 2 feet in length as adults. Science does not know the function or purpose of the enlarged scales above the eyes, known as "superciliary scales".

Latin Name: Atheris Ceratophora
 
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