I love with all the weird and colorful viperae species PZ had to go with quite possibly the most boring of them.
Heres my wishlist for snakes.
Viperae
T.insularis (komodo pit viper), comes in three morphs. Standard green, neon blue, and banana yellow.
Atheris hispida (Spiny bush viper), just look at those scales!
Agkistrodon bilineatus (Mexican Cantil) absolutely stunning species. Look at that patterning.
Bothriechis nitidus (Equadorian Eyelash Viper), a few different morphs, and a recently discovered species. Really though, any of the Bothriechis are stunning.
Protobothrops mangshanensis (Mangshan Viper). Stunning species but not much is known about them. Their venom corrodes mucles and causes blood clotting. Overall don't get bit.
Colubrid
Rhabdophis subminiatus (Red-necked Keelback), one of only three species of snake that are BOTH venomous and poisonous. The other two species are also keelbacks.
Ahaetulla prasina (Asian Vine snake), we need the belligerent shoelace.
Elaphe carinata (Chinese Ratsnake), see I can do non-venomous too. Again, stunning colours and handleable for talks.
Pseudoxenodon bambusicola (Bamboo False Cobra). For when you want a cobra but don't want to die. Still venomous, just won't kill you.
Madagascarophis colubrinus (Malagasy Cat-eyed Snake). Not sure why they felt the need to name it after its eyes when theres plently of slit pupil snakes of various species. But at this point I'm assuming they were running out of ideas for common names. Also, entirely handlable as theyre as "venomous" as a hognose.
Elapadae
H. haemachatus (Rinkhal), a cobra mimic although also venomous in its own right and a spitter.
Pseudechis colletti (Colletts Black Snake/Downs Tiger Snake). Again, rare, beautiful, aussie native so you know it's going to be a bad day if you get bit. But look at those colours.
Notechis scutatus (Tiger Snake. And now we see why scientific names are important....This one is an aussie native) again, a stunning colour.
Telescopus semiannulatus (Also commonly called a Tiger snake, or the Eastern Tiger Snake. But this guys from africa) Again with the beautiful colours. And semi arboreal too.
Atractaspis bibronii (Stilletto Snake/Burrowing Asp) What's really cool is these guys don't even need to open their mouth to bite you. Their fangs are specialized and stick out, plus they're quick. Though there's some debate over what they classify as. They were recently moved from colubridae, but were also grouped with viperae at one point. The most recent that I could find now considers them elapadae.
Honorable mentions
Atretochoana eiselti (commonly called the snake. If you look it up I'm not responsible for your mental scarring). Though technically its actually part of the caecilians, and a type of amphibian apparently. Still, looks like a snake.
Acrochordus javanicus (Elephant Trunk Snake)
Erpeton tentaculatum (Tentacled Snake)
Apparently there's a 10 photo limit so I donthave photos of all of them. But if you're on a forum presumably you have access to internet too.
Heres my wishlist for snakes.
Viperae
T.insularis (komodo pit viper), comes in three morphs. Standard green, neon blue, and banana yellow.
Atheris hispida (Spiny bush viper), just look at those scales!
Agkistrodon bilineatus (Mexican Cantil) absolutely stunning species. Look at that patterning.
Bothriechis nitidus (Equadorian Eyelash Viper), a few different morphs, and a recently discovered species. Really though, any of the Bothriechis are stunning.
Protobothrops mangshanensis (Mangshan Viper). Stunning species but not much is known about them. Their venom corrodes mucles and causes blood clotting. Overall don't get bit.
Colubrid
Rhabdophis subminiatus (Red-necked Keelback), one of only three species of snake that are BOTH venomous and poisonous. The other two species are also keelbacks.
Ahaetulla prasina (Asian Vine snake), we need the belligerent shoelace.
Elaphe carinata (Chinese Ratsnake), see I can do non-venomous too. Again, stunning colours and handleable for talks.
Pseudoxenodon bambusicola (Bamboo False Cobra). For when you want a cobra but don't want to die. Still venomous, just won't kill you.
Madagascarophis colubrinus (Malagasy Cat-eyed Snake). Not sure why they felt the need to name it after its eyes when theres plently of slit pupil snakes of various species. But at this point I'm assuming they were running out of ideas for common names. Also, entirely handlable as theyre as "venomous" as a hognose.
Elapadae
H. haemachatus (Rinkhal), a cobra mimic although also venomous in its own right and a spitter.
Pseudechis colletti (Colletts Black Snake/Downs Tiger Snake). Again, rare, beautiful, aussie native so you know it's going to be a bad day if you get bit. But look at those colours.
Notechis scutatus (Tiger Snake. And now we see why scientific names are important....This one is an aussie native) again, a stunning colour.
Telescopus semiannulatus (Also commonly called a Tiger snake, or the Eastern Tiger Snake. But this guys from africa) Again with the beautiful colours. And semi arboreal too.
Atractaspis bibronii (Stilletto Snake/Burrowing Asp) What's really cool is these guys don't even need to open their mouth to bite you. Their fangs are specialized and stick out, plus they're quick. Though there's some debate over what they classify as. They were recently moved from colubridae, but were also grouped with viperae at one point. The most recent that I could find now considers them elapadae.
Honorable mentions
Atretochoana eiselti (commonly called the snake. If you look it up I'm not responsible for your mental scarring). Though technically its actually part of the caecilians, and a type of amphibian apparently. Still, looks like a snake.
Acrochordus javanicus (Elephant Trunk Snake)
Erpeton tentaculatum (Tentacled Snake)
Apparently there's a 10 photo limit so I donthave photos of all of them. But if you're on a forum presumably you have access to internet too.
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