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Yellow-spotted Whipsnake (Chironius flavopictus), family Colubridae, Valle del cauca, Colombia
Photograph by Moderat Zai
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Kiwi Crossbow was posing nicely. Finally have a good photo of her.
Chironius carinatus
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Chironius
Am Stall in Wohlde, Stapelholm (20e)
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by Chironius
#garden#landscape#fog#mist#plants#flowers#nature#green#plantblr#naturecore#curators on tumblr#uploads
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Hey hey! Love the blog, very informative!
Would it be ok for me to ask if you know about Colombia's snakes? I don't know what we have over here 😖
Sure thing! Colombia has a ton of cool snakes, and an incredible amount of diversity! There are over 300 native species, and representatives from half of all 18 snake families!
One of the coolest snakes native to Colombia is the American pipe snake, Anilius scytale. These guys are the only extant members of their family, the Aniliids, and they're some of the most primitive snakes in the world. They have rigid jaws, a narrow row of belly scales, and are probably really close to what the first true snakes looked like!
Colombia has two dwarf boas, and my favorite is the eyelash boa (Trachyboa boulengeri). These guys aren't actually boas at all, they're tropidophiids, a closely related but distinct genus of fossorial snakes.
Burrowing snakes, like the Amazon burrowing snake (Apostolepis niceforoi), make up a very solid chunk of Colombia's native colubrids. These little guys spend most of their time in underground burrows, so they're rarely seen.
The most iconic viper native to Colombia is probably the fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper). They're also considered one of the most dangerous snakes in the region, with a bite that's unusually dangerous for viper bites. You can easily recognize them by their triangle-shaped markings, which look like spearheads!
The machete savane (Chironius carinatus) is one of my favorite Colombian snakes! They're very slender and very long, sometimes getting as much as ten feet long! You'll usually find them up in rainforest trees, hunting for rodents and birds.
The mussurana (Clelia clelia) is another iconoc Colombian colubrid! These guys are known for their diet, which is mostly other snakes - especially vipers like the fer-de-lance!
The Colombian rainbow boa (Epicrates maurus) is probably my favorite Colombian snake! Like the other boas in their genus, they're named for their strength - epicrates means "strong hug!" They're my favorite rainbow boa to recommend to pepole looking to buy their first, because they're great pets and not as delicate as their cousins the Brazilian rainbow boas.
The annulated tree boa (Corallus annulatus) is one of the coolest tree boas in Colombia! They're not quite as flashy as their cousins Amazon tree boas, but they make up for it with their beautiful patterning and soft colors!
Colombia has lots of coral snakes, and my favorite is the semi-aquatic coral snake (Micrurus surinamensis). They're one of the biggest and heaviest coral snakes in the world, reaching a maximum of about 5 feet long.
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.
1.) Green vine snake (Chironius bicarinatus)
2.) Dice snake (Natrix tessellata)
3.) Common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
4.) Chinese ratsnake (Ptyas korros)
5.) Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
6.) Green whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus)
7.) Cape file snake (Limaformosa capensis)
8.) Eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
#reptiles#snakes#green vine snakes#dice snakes#common watersnakes#chinese ratsnakes#corn snakes#green whip snakes#cape file snakes#eastern coachwhips
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It is about to molt. (Chironius sp. 蚩蛇属，Eastern Peru)
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Chironius fuscus [Olive Whipsnake] by kkchome Chironius fuscus [Olive Whipsnake] Santa Cruz Research Station Loreto, Peru February 2019 https://flic.kr/p/2g3rtXi
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Chironius septentrionalis. Selvas del Edo. Cojedes. Venezuela 🇻🇪 2019 • • • #chironius #serpiente #selva #muestreo #noche #septentrionalis #snake #insitu #conservation #photography #igersvzla #venezuela #venezuelamegadiversa #venezuela_captures #snakelovers #snakesofinsta #colubrid #wwf #naturaleza #nature #elnacionalweb #rioverde #eyes #photooftheday (en Pozo Azul, Cojedes, Venezuela) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx-AyyUFMiq/?igshid=3eq2ixt2yif2
#chironius#serpiente#selva#muestreo#noche#septentrionalis#snake#insitu#conservation#photography#igersvzla#venezuela#venezuelamegadiversa#venezuela_captures#snakelovers#snakesofinsta#colubrid#wwf#naturaleza#nature#elnacionalweb#rioverde#eyes#photooftheday
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An exercise in unabashedly creating the OCs 14yo me would’ve devised.
Chironius and Pheobella Blackswallow; previously-estranged witchy half-siblings dealing with a lot of magical family #baggage. The vibe is Charmed, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, and soothing the quiet annoyance I have for the newest Sabrina lmao
#the blackswallow twins#pheobella blackswallow#chironius blackswallow#jhenne tyler art#autodesk sketchbook
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Amazon Whipsnake
Chironius carinatus
Source: Here
#amazon whipsnake#whipsnake#Chironius carinatus#brazil#brazilian reptiles#snake#snakes#reptile#reptiles#animal#animals#pet#pets#nature#wildlife#cool#interesting#aesthetic#aesthetics#beautiful#pretty#snek#sneks
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Smooth Machete Snake (Chironius scurrulus), family Colubridae, found across much of northern South America
photograph by Reptiles4all
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Shiny Periwinkle my beloved!!!!
Chironius carinatus
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This utterly adorable danger noodle was observed during an expedition in the misty mountains of Bolivia, where twenty new-to-science species were identified. The smooth machete savane (Chironius scurrulus) climbs shrubs and trees of tropical rainforests to feast on frogs and lizards. You can see more of the newly discovered beasties that share its home through the link in our bio ➡️ @ScienceAlert 📷 : © Trond Larsen
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Man it really hits you what a weirdass freak you are when you’re thawing frozen r0dents and snipping their tails off for safe keeping in a ziploc so you can use them later to force/assist feed hatchling Chironius in ~50 days.
The things I do for passion y’all. A ziploc of TAILS.
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Die Buchenhand - Herbst im Baccumer Wald; Lingen by Chironius
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